ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 1 WITH LABORATORY

Consolidating skills in the context of translation and interpretative and linguistic analysis of both written and oral texts.

Language

Module 1 (3CFU):

Writing of a brief essay of literary criticism.

Module 2 (3 CFU):

Translation of various text types. Particular attention will be given to the translation of literary texts.

Literature

Module 3 (6 CFU):

Cultural production in Islamic Sicily (3 CFU)

Writing to resist: Palestinian literature and Cinema (3 CFU)

Modulo 1:

A. Kilito, al-Hikaya wa’t-ta’wil, Toubkal, Casablanca, 1988.

Modulo 2

M. Guidière, Manuel de traduction, ellipses, Paris, 2008.

Modulo 3:

K. Mallette, The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History,

Pennsylvania University Press, Philadelphia, 2005, capitoli 1-3.

A. Nef.(ed.), A Companion to Medieval Palermo, Brill, Leiden, 2013, pp. 39-59; 89-129.

M. Cassarino (ed.), Islamic Sicily. Philological and Literary Essays, numero monografico dei “Quaderni di Studi Arabi” 10 (2015), pp. 13-55; 67-85; 103-138.

Camera D’Afflitto, Cento anni di letteratura palestinese, Carocci, Roma, 2007.

Silvia Moresi, La littérature comme seule histoire possible de la Palestine (https://orientxxi.info/lu-vu-entendu/la-litterature-comme-seule-histoire-possible-de-la-palestine,1947)

Morini et alii, Il cinema palestinese, in Il cinema arabo, Marsilio, Venezia, 1993, pp. 165-174.

A. Nicosia, Il romanzo arabo al cinema: microcosmi egiziani e palestinesi, Carocci, Roma, 2014 (solo il capitolo sul film “Uomini sotto il sole”, tratto dal romanzo, di cui saranno lette in arabo alcune parti, di Ghassan Kanafani).

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.