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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module MEIS2041: ARABIC LITERATURE

Department: GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (MIDDLE EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES)

MEIS2041: ARABIC LITERATURE

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham
Tied to T621
Tied to T622
Tied to T6L1
Tied to T6L2
Tied to T6T9
Tied to TL69

Prerequisites

  • Elementary Arabic 1 (MEIS1012) AND Elementary Arabic 2 (MEIS1022) OR Arabic at an equivalent level.

Corequisites

  • Intermediate Arabic (MEIS2012).

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To provide students with an introduction to the reading and study of Arabic literary texts in the original language.
  • To develop students' ability to handle extended texts in Arabic, to develop their powers of literary criticism, and to encourage an awareness of the social and cultural contexts in which the works studied were written.

Content

  • Modern Literature: Zakariyya Tamir, 3 short stories.
  • Yahya Haqqi, 'Qindil Umm Hashim.
  • Selected poems from Badawi, 'An Anthology of Modern Arabic Verse', and other sources.
  • Classical Literature: Extracts from the 'Sahih' of al-Bukhari.
  • Qur'an, suras 1, 19, 91-96.
  • Selections from 'Early Arabic Poetry'.
  • Selected passages from al-Ghazali, 'al-Munqidh' and other selected passages.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
    Subject-specific Skills:
      Key Skills:

        Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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        Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

        Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
        Lectures 63 Three per week 1 hour 63
        Preparation and Reading 137
        Total 200

        Summative Assessment

        Component: Examination Component Weighting: 75%
        Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
        one two-hour written examination 100%
        Component: Essay Component Weighting: 25%
        Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
        one essay 2500 words 100%

        Formative Assessment:

        1 2000 word assessed essay

        ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University