ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 2

Modulo I (6 cfu)

Grammar:

• Further analysis of the five nouns;
• degrees of the adjective;
• the hal clause
• the relative clause;
• Inna and its sisters;
• The sisters of kana;
• verba hamzatae;
• Verba geminata: (first form and main derived forms);
• conjugation and uses of IX form;
• declension of irregular nouns (–in and –an);
• collective nouns;
• adverbials of time and place;
• quadriliteral verb (I form);
• the passive of the triliteral verb;
• verba primae infirmae (I form and main derived forms);
• verba mediae infirmae (I form and main derived forms);
• verba ultimae infirmae (I form and main derived forms);
• the numerals from 11 to 99.

Elements of the Arabic language spoken in Egypt.

Literature:

• Arabic literature from the origins to the contemporary era.
• Analysis and commentary of texts from Modern and Contemporary Arabic literature.

Modulo II (3 cfu)

Grammar:

• use of the dictionary and translation exercises.

Literature:

• further analysis and commentary of texts from modern and contemporary Arabic literature.

Manuals and grammars:

• Luc-Willy Deheuvels (ed. italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. 1, units (pp. 141-220).
• Luc-Willy Deheuvels (ed. italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. 2, units (pp. 15-94).
• L. Veccia Vaglieri, Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba - vol. 1, Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino, Roma (I edizione).
• S. Louis, Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh, Units 1 to 5, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo 2009.
• 'A. Al-Fawzan, M. Hussayn, M. Fadl, Al-'Arabiyaa bayna yadayka, Al-'Arabiyya li'l-jami', Riyad 2014, pp.1-20, 23-40, 71-89, 119-142, 145-163, 262-291.

Dictionaries:

• Traini R. (a cura di), Vocabolario Arabo-Italiano, Roma, Istituto per l’Oriente;
• E. Baldissera, Dizionario compatto Italiano-Arabo, Arabo-Italiano, Zanichelli.

Text chosen by the lecturer:

• S. Louis, Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo 2009 (to p. 111).

Arabic Literature textbooks:

• H. Toelle, K. Zakharia, Alla scoperta della letteratura araba, Argo, 2010, pp. 22-50, 57-99, 111-126, 170-181, 217-394.
• M. Avino. I. Camera D’Afflitto, A. Salem, Antologia della letteratura araba contemporanea. Dalla nahda a oggi. Carocci editore, Roma 2015, Italian, pp. 37-46, 52-56, 63-69, 74-79, 82-85, 89-94, 105-114, 124-129, 141-143, 183-191; Arabic, pp. 11-12, 14-15, 34-35, 41-42, 55, 84-85, 93-94, 142-143.

The Professor will provide a selection of passages taken from some literary works and texts in order to expand students’ knowledge on the main topics dealt with during the classes.