Arabic Language and Literature

Arabic Language and Literature program aims to meet and fulfill the Palestinian and Arab markets needs of qualified and competent teaching staff in the area of specialization in all teaching cycles. It also aims to empower its students to enhance their knowledge in Arabic literature and linguistics trends and reinforce the use of standard Arabic in speaking and writing. The program also consolidates the students' personalities and talents and raises their belonging to Arabic Language and to Arab nation, which, in turn, would prepare them to be fruitful and constructive members in their community. Additionally, the program strives to turn out student researchers capable of conducting scientific research and nurture their ambitions to pursue their higher education.

  • Prepare qualified cadres in the area of specialization to serve as teachers of Arabic Language and Literature in Palestine and the Arab world.
  • Prepare competent students in Arabic Language skills and foster their use of standard Arabic.
  • Promote students’ competence in the trends of literature, linguistics and criticism and its historic stages.
  • Solidify scientific research-oriented trends among students and foster accountability and recurrence.
  • Prepare students and motivate them to pursue their higher studies both at home and abroad.
  • Foster students’ mindful and critical sense of belonging to their living and dynamic language and their cultural heritage.

 

  • Identify the different ages of Arabic Literature, its history, and scholars of different genre.
  • Identify the most prominent linguists, their classifications, and their scholarly schools.
  • Distinguish between the different types of literary criticism and its development stages, and distinguish between the different standpoints of Arab critics and their schools over literary criticism issues.
  • Identify thematic topics of the three sciences of Arabic rhetoric and Arabic poetic meters, and infer Qur’anic eloquence and Prophetic discourse.   
  • Differentiate between the different ages of Arabic literature and its characteristics; analyze and compare/contrast between them; and voice their judgment on them.
  • Identify the effect of language structure on meaning and deconstruct and reconstruct literary texts.
  • Balance between critics’ attitudes over ages and analyze selected literary texts.
  • Distinguish between rhetoric and other disciplines; identify the different types of metrical units of poetic meters and differentiate between Qur’anic rhetoric and Prophetic discourse.
  • Use the language fluently and accurately.
  • Analyze and edit different texts syntactically.
  • Evaluate and appreciate literary texts of different genre and attribute it to the appropriate literature age.
  • Use rhetoric language and employ poetic meters in application and creativity.
  • Correctly use the language in different means of communication.
  • Analyze and critique of texts, in particular the literary genre.
  • Infer texts. Learn general rhetoric, literary and linguistic rules inductively; and construct their own texts in accordance with the language syntax and styles.

 

  • Teaching Arabic in schools in Palestine and abroad.
  • Editing and proofreading in print and broadcast media organizations, publishing houses, and research centers.
  • Translation services from and to Arabic (This job opportunity fits students who get diploma or have minor in translation or another language.) 

 

Major in Arabic Language and Literature Requirements (63 credit hours)

A. Department Requirements (51 credit hours):

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

ARAB2320

Introduction to Arabic Linguistics

ARAB135

ARAB233

Arabic Grammar 1

ARAB136

ARAB234

PreIslamic Literature

ARAB136

ARAB235

Early Islamic and Umayyad Literature

ARAB234

ARAB237

Arabic Grammar II

ARAB233

ARAB2380

Arabic Grammar I

ARAB2320

ARAB2390

Prosody and Rhyme

ARAB136

ARAB2391

Rhetoric

Arab136

ARAB333

Abbasid Literature

ARAB235 or dept. approval

ARAB334

Arabic Grammar III

ARAB237

ARAB336

Arabic Philology

ARAB2320

ARAB338

Arabic Literary Criticism

ARAB234

ARAB339

Methodology of Modern Literary Criticism

ARAB338 or dept. approval

ARAB432

Modern Arabic Literature

Seniors

ARAB436

Trends in Palestinian Literature

Seniors

ARAB437

General Linguistics

Seniors

ARAB438

Seminar in Arabic Language and Literature

Seniors

B- Department Elective Courses (12 credit hours) out of the following courses:

Credit Hours

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

3 credit hours

ARAB331

Qur’an Studies

ARAB136

ARAB332

Habit (Islamic Tradition) Literature and Scholarship

ARAB136

9 credit hours

ARAB230

Palestinian Folk Literature

ARAB135

ARAB236

Arabic Semantics and Lexicography

ARAB136

ARAB335

Literature in the Ayyubi and Mamluk Periods

ARAB136

ARAB337

Andalusian Literature

ARAB136

ARAB430

Creative Writing

Seniors and Dept. Approval

ARAB4301

Children Literature

ARAB136

ARAB431

Linguistic Applications

ARAB334 (pre or with)

ARAB433

Contemporary Arabic Poetry

Seniors

ARAB434

Arabic Play

Seniors

ARAB435

Arabic Fiction

Seniors

ARAB439

Special Topic in Arabic Language and Literature

Seniors

1. An average of not less than 70% ARAB231 or ARAB2320

2. Department intake capacity

120 Credit Hours as the following :

Requirements

Credit Hours

University Requirements

19-20

Faculty of Arts Requirements

21

Major Requirements

63

Free Elective

16-17

Total

120