صفحة عضو هيئة التدريس

This course introduces students to major figures of literature in the Arab world.  The works studied in this course are of different genres and are all written in Arabic but translated into English. Students of English literature will study these works in Arabic or as translations. The course is intended to enrich the students’ background about the literature and culture of their own mother tongue. Moreover, it familiarizes them with trends and developments in modern Arabic literature. It also enables them to critically analyze and interpret the works of modern Arabic literature in light of modern literary issues and techniques in order to locate modern Arabic literary works within the broad cultural movement of modernism. Thus, it will provide students with more insights and a better understanding of their own culture and literature.

This course is designed to introduce students to the genre of short story with its different facets and distinct features. It provides a critical framework for the understanding and analysis of short fiction, and introduces students to key authors and themes of the form. Students will be introduced to a wide range of short stories and will be asked to determine the categories they belong to. Likewise, this selection is designed to introduce students to the theoretical aspect of the short story, to guide them toward an appreciation of it as a literary form.