Contemporary Literary Process in the Arab World countries

Course: Oriental Philology, Western European Language and Translation: Arabic language and literature

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Contemporary Literary Process in the Arab World countries
Code
ОК.08.
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 8. To evaluate historical and contemporary achievements within literary studies. PLO 10. To collect and systematise linguistic, literary and folklore facts, to interpret and translate texts of different styles and genres (depending on the specialisation elected). PLO 11. To carry out the scientific analysis of linguistic, speech and literary material, to interpret and structure it according to the relevant methodological principles, to generalise information on the basis of independently processed data. PLO 15. To choose the best research approaches and methods for the analysis of specific linguistic or literary material. PLO 17. To plan, organise, carry out and present research results and / or innovative achievements in the field of the Arabic philology.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastering of the following courses “Lingual country studies of the Arab world”, “Oral and Ancient Arabic Literature”, “Medieval Arabic Literature”, “Arabic Classic Poetics”, “Arabic: Advanced level”
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to acquaint students with the best examples of modern prose and poetic works of modern Arabic literature, to give an idea of the development of the modern literary process of the Arab countries in all its diversity, its peculiarities and characteristic features, the development of literary and critical thought in the Arab countries at the current stage, to outline the place of modern Arabic literature in the system of world literature. The discipline highlights the history of the development of Arabic literature from the Maghreb to the Persian Gulf, starting from the second half of the 20th century and up to the present day, literary currents and directions, the system of forms and genres in the literature of this period. The discipline is multi-semester and is a part of the research component of the educational program.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Badawi M.M. Modern Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1992. 2. Kadhim Jihad Hassan. Le roman arabe (1834-2004). Arles: Sindbad, ActesSud, 2003. 3. Roger Allen, The Arabic Novel: an Historical and Critical Introduction. 2nd edition. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1995.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning activities comprise interactive lectures, seminar classes and self-study work of students, which involves preparation for oral responses, participation in discussions during classes and seminars, fulfillment of written tasks, tests, research works and presentations.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semestral assessment is based on: oral responses, written works, reports and presentations / precis – 24/40 points, modular control works – 12/20 points. Summarizing evaluation in the form of exam is max. 40 / min. 24 points (60% of minimum required quantity); the exam is conducted in written and oral forms, and proposes to answer two theoretical questions and complete one practical task of reading and translating a passage of a Arabic-language literary work. Students, who totally scored less than 36 points during the semester, may not participate in the exam.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, Arabic

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Heorhiivna Khomitska
Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology