ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 2

• Ability to read and vocalize texts in Standard Arabic;
• ability to recognize and apply the basic grammar rules of Standard Arabic;
• knowledge of the main Morphological aspects of Standard Arabic;
• knowledge of the main Syntactic structures of Standard Arabic;
• ability to translate sentences and texts from Arabic to Italian and from Italian to Arabic;
• knowledge of the main genres and authors of Arabic Literature;
• ability to translate and analyze literary texts.

Modulo I (6 CFU)

Grammar:

• further analysis of the five nouns;

• degrees of the adjective;

• the hal clause

• the relative clause;

• < > 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);

• < > 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.

   

  Literature:

• arabic literature from the origins to the end of the Abbasid period.

   

  Modulo II (3 CFU)

  Grammar:

• use of the vocabulary and translation exercises.

• elements of the Arabic language spoken in Egypt.

   

  Literature:

• arabic literature from the Nahdah until today: main genres and authors.

   

N.B. 6 credits: the students will study only the module A.

Manuals and grammars

- Luc-Willy Deheuvels (ed. italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. 1.

- Luc-Willy Deheuvels (ed. italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. 2.

- 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, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo 2009.

Dictionaries:

- Traini R. (a cura di), Vocabolario Arabo-Italiano, Roma, Istituto per l’Oriente;

- E. Baldissera, Dizionario compatto Italiano-Arabo, Arabo-Italiano, Zanichelli.

Arabic Literature textbooks:

- R. Allen, La letteratura araba, Il Mulino, Bologna 2006.

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