RA423 :

Department

Academic Program

Bachelor in Arabic Language

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

Overview

The course is the literature of consecutive countries, and its code is RA423: it is taught to fourth-year students of the Department of Arabic Language for two hours per week. Throughout this course, the student examines literature from six centuries in successively different eras (with an emphasis on the brightest stages) using distinguished literary models, such as Ibn Sana' al-Malik, Ibn Union, Ali Hil, and Ibn Nabatah, in order to study the characteristics of literature in this era, its environment, and its artistic level. The course aims to:

• Introduce the student to what is meant by successive eras.

Despite the remarkable length of this stage, introduce him to the various reasons why literature was studied in these times.

Introduce him to the nature and circumstances of this stage's environmentPolitical,l, social, and intellectual.

ThThealue of the student from his studies is to

• The student should identify the reasons that led to the weakness of literature at this stage

Students must be able to recognize the bright stages of the literature of these periods.

To become familiar with the most important writers during these bright stages.

Intended learning outcomes

First, mental skills:• That the student realizes the negative intellectual and social effects left by those eras on the Islamic nation.• To be aware of the factors that made the literature of some of the writers of these eras different, bright and hopeful for the resurgence of literature and its advancement again.• That the student feels the factors that might weaken or strengthen the nation.Secondly, scientific and professional skills:• The student should memorize some of the poetic pieces and poems of the distinguished writers of these ages.• The student should memorize the good prose that was written about this era.• The student should distinguish between good and poor literature in this era.

Teaching and learning methods

The course is presented to the student through: • Lectures • Panel discussions. • Homework and research (information gathering).

Methods of assessments

Evaluation method:• Written midterm exam 30%• 5% oral examActivity 5%• Final written exam 60%