RA424 : Modern Literary Criticism

Department

Academic Program

Bachelor in Arabic Language

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

Overview

Modern Literary Criticism Course RA424: It is taught to students in the fourth academic year of the Department of Arabic Language for two hours per week. This course examines modern literary schools, linguistic, psychological, philosophical, and social approaches, and historical overviews of classicism, romanticism, and new realism from a social viewpoint, the distinctive aspects of these schools, the origins of noble criticism (its theories, trends, and figures in the West and the Arabs), and the most important modern critical approaches and figures.

The course aims to:

Know the concept of modern literary criticism.

Based on the nature and function of the literary work.

Familiarity with literary genres.

The value of the study returns to the student:

Mention the stages that modern literary criticism went through.

To mention the most significant issues of modern criticism.

To count modern monetary approaches.

Intended learning outcomes

Mental skills:To enumerate the major issues of literary criticism.To distinguish between the methods of criticism in the modern era.To reveal the influence of the incoming curricula.Practical and professional skills:Acquiring the skill of reviewing the books of modern critics.Acquiring the skill of using modern technology in research and presentation.- That the student can criticize the text through what he understood of critical rules.

Teaching and learning methods

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

Methods of assessments

Evaluation methodWritten midterm exam 30%5% oral examactivity 5%Final exam 60%