Courses

This is an introduction to Modern Arabic Literature through an overview of the evolution of the various genres: poetry, short story, novel and drama. Literary works of prominent 19th century Arab writers will be examined, with special focus on thematic...

This is a study of the historical development of the Arabic short story involving the discussion of literary theories, forms, themes and styles. Translated literary works of prominent Arab writers would be examined. Students are exposed to representative...

The course is a survey of classical Arabic literature in translation. It is designed to introduce students to the Classical Arabic literary tradition through readings of major works with assigned texts in English translation. At least, three representative...

This is an intensive three-credit long-vacation study in an Arabic speaking country or at home. It is intended to give students the opportunity to experience and practice the Arabic language and its culture and to acquire the socio-linguistic usage of the...

This course aims at studying the textual history of the Hadith genre and its relation to the Koran with respect to language, themes and artistic features. Various classifications of the Hadith will be introduced. Students will be exposed to various...

This course involves the treatment of specific topics in various academic fields and other areas of special interest to the teaching faculty/course instructor. It aims at catering for any undesigned course that may need to be taught with the availability of a...

This course involves the treatment of specific topics in various academic fields and other areas of special interest to the teaching faculty/course instructor. It aims at catering for any undesigned course that may needto be taught with the availability of a...

This course is a continuation of ARAB 305. The course further introduces students to advanced translation excercises. Students are engaged in series of translation exercises dealing with more complex sentence structures with special emphasis on some key...

This course is an introduction of translation exercise from English to Arabic with special attention on structure of Arabic sentences. Both nominal and verbal Arabic sentences together with their relevant grammatical concepts will be introduced. Students will...

This course involves practical interactive communication exercises aimed at developing student’s abilities in oral and written expressions, with emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and comprehension skills. The course deals with various topics in varied...