Course Content |
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readings/references/notes |
Week |
Content (topic) for each week |
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1 |
Conquest of Andalusia |
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2 |
Social life - mentality |
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3 |
Political life |
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4 |
Religious life |
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5 |
First midterm exam |
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6 |
Traditional poetic themes / new poetic themes |
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7 |
Muwashahat / Zajal / Ibn Zaydun's poem |
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8 |
The poem of Abi Al-Baqaa Al-Randi / Ibn Zahr’s Muwashah |
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9 |
Andalusian prose / types of Andalusian prose |
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10 |
Second midterm exam |
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11 |
The serious letter of Ibn Zaydun / The comic letter of Ibn Zaydun |
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12 |
Ibn Zaydun’s Risalat al-tawabi wa-l-zawabi |
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13 |
Characteristics of Andalusian prose |
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14 |
Biographies of Andalusian poets and poetesses |
References:
1. Andalusi literature by Muhammad Radwan Al-Daya