Summarized course
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Main Contents of the Course
Scientific topics
Week
Readings / References / Notes
1
Comparative literature: its
definition and origin
2
Arab efforts regarding the emergence of comparative literature.
3
The function of comparative
literature
4
Simulation Theory - Simulation Conditions
5
The romantic movement and
its role in the emergence of comparative literature
6
Scientific renaissance and its impact on the emergence of comparative
literature
7
The effect of the myth of
Pygmalion on world literature
8
The role of critics: Wilhelm Schlegel - Sainte-Beuve - De Blay - Madame
de Style - The Gardener - Fakhry Abu Al-Saud ... and others in the
emergence of comparative literature
9
10
11
12
13
14
At
the end of the course, the student must be able to:
Understand the concept of comparative literature, its origins, and the
factors determining its existence, while introducing the student to the
relationship of Arabic literature with Western literature, in order to stand on
the aspects of influence between different literatures and being influenced by
different literatures.
