LINGUA ARABA 2 E LETTERATURA

The ability to read and vocalize texts in Standard Arabic;

Recognize and apply the basic grammar rules of Standard Arabic;

Recognize and use the main syntactic structures of Standard Arabic;

The ability to produce short and coherent texts on familiar and interesting topics, in both oral and written form;

The ability to translate sentences and texts from Arabic into Italian and vice versa;

The knowledge of the main figures of Arabic literature.

Lectures: 54 hours. Any exercises or equivalent assisted activities: 96 hours of assisted study and exercises carried out with native speakers.

Module 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.

Literature:

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

Elements of the Arabic language spoken in Egypt.

Module 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 e grammars:

• Luc-Willy Deheuvels (ed. italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. 1, lezioni 11-15 (pp. 141-220).
• Luc-Willy Deheuvels (ed. italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. 2, lezioni 16-20 (pp. 15-94).
• L. Veccia Vaglieri, Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba - vol. 1, Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino, Roma 2011 (II edizione).
• '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.

Egyptian Arabic:

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

Textbooks of Arabic literature:

• 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, italiano, pp. 37-44, 52-62, 65-69, 78-81, 89-94, 105-121, 124-129, 134-140, 144-147, 183-191; arabo, pp. 53-54, 75-80, 137-138.

The lecturer will provide any additional texts and materials during the course.

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.