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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module MEIS3031: MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE

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

MEIS3031: MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE

Type Open Level 3 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

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

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • The module supplements the Level 2 core Arabic Literature module, enabling a greater range of modern texts to be studied in greater depth.
  • Particular attention is paid to non-Egyptian authors.

Content

  • The module is structured to cover poetry in the Michaelmas term, and prose texts in the Epiphany and Easter terms.
  • The main texts read and discussed are as follows: Michaelmas term: poetry selections from 'Anthology of Arabic Verse', ed.
  • Badawi, and other sources.
  • Epiphany and Easter terms: Muhammad Rida al-Kafi, 'Khayt Aryan', and Emile Habibi, 'al-Mutasha'il'.

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 (Classes) 44 Two per week 1 hour 44
        Preparation and Reading 156
        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:

        One 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