ma arabic syllabus

DEPARTMENT ARABICUNIVERSITY OF KERALA

KARIAVATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

M.A. ARABIC: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE(CREDIT AND SEMESTER SYSTEM)

SYLLABUS

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Name of Paper Credit

CORE COURSES

SEMESTER - I

1 ARB 511 Use of Language I 4

2 ARB 512 Basic Linguistics & Grammar 4

3 ARB 513 Classical Arabic Literature 4

4 ARB 514 Rhetoric & Prosody 3

SEMESTER - II

1 ARB 521 Use of Language II 4

2 ARB 522 Grammar II 4

3 ARB 523 Language Technology and Communication 3

4 ARB 524 Arab Culture and History 4

SEMESTER - III

1 ARB 531 History of the Modern Arab World 4

2 ARB 532 Al-Mantiq 3

3 ARB 533 Modern Arabic Poetry 3

4 ARB 534 Criticism 3

5 ARB 535 Indo Arabic Literature 3

SEMESTER - IV

1 ARB 541 Translation 4

2 ARB 542 Modern Arabic Prose 3

3 ARB 543 History of Modern Arabic Literature 3

4 ARB 544 Dissertation 4

ELECTIVES

1 ARB 501 Methods of Teaching Arabic 3

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2 ARB 502 Quranic & Hadith Science 3

3 ARB 503 Al-Khulafa al-Rashidun 3

4 ARB 504 Commercial Arabic 3

5 ARB 505 Arabic for Travelers 3

6 ARB 506 Journalistic Arabic 3

7 ARB 507 Medieval Arabic Literature 3

8 ARB 508 Comparative Literature 3

9 ARB 509 Special Author 3

10 ARB 5010 Arabic Literature in Spain 3

11 ARB 5011 Arabic Historiography 3

DETAILED SYLLABUS – CORE COURSES

SEMESTER - I

ARB 511 Use of Language I

Text book:

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic - Part I (Lesson 1 to 20) Edited by: Peter F

Abbound and Earnest N McCarus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ARB 512 Basic Linguistics & Grammar

Introduction of General Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (Arabic) and detailed study of Arabic

Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax and Semantics

Text Books:

Al-Arabiyya lil-Hayat Book I & II with Audio Cassettes by Dr.Mahmud Ismail-Sini,

Muhiyuddin Ahamad Salih, Nasif Mustafa Abd al-Aziz, and Mustafa Ahmad

Sulaiman King Saud University Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Books for Reference:

1. Taqwdimu llm al-lughah al Ara iyya al Hadith by Abdul Haque Shuja’at Ali

2. Fiqh al-lughah al-Arabiyya Wa-Khasaisudha by Dr. Amin Badi Yaqub

3. Ilm al-lughah-Ali Abdul Wahid Wafi

4. Dorasat fi Fiqh al-lighah-Dr. Subhi al Salih

5. The Arabic Language by Kees Versteegh Edib burgh

ARB 513 Classocal Arabic Literature

Prose:

1. Quran: Any two of the following Surahs: (i) Al-Kahf (ii) Al- Tawba

2. Hadith: Kitab al-Tawhid (First Five Babs (chapter) only) from Sahih al-Bukhari and

3. The following lessons from the Book ‘Mukhtaratum Min-al-Arabi’ by Dr.Waled

Qassab and Dr. Hashim Manna.

a) Khutabah Quss it n Saidah (P 32-34)

b) Wasiyys Amr-ion Kulthum (33)

c) Khutubah Hajjat ulo-wida (69-73)

d) Wasiyyatu Abi Bakr (75)

e) Khutubah Ali (78-80)

f) Kitab Abdul Hameed al-Katib (101-102)

g) Al-Hamamah Wal-Thalab Wa Malik al-Hazin (151-154)

h) Ihi=tiyal al Hayyat li-ssayd (155-56)

i) Al-Maqamah al-Bighdadiya (161-64) and

j) Al-Zulm mu’dhanum Bi-Kharabil “ Umaran (186-89)

Poetry:

(i) Any two of the Muallaqa of:

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a) mriul qaya

b) Zuhayribn Abi Sulma and

c) Tarafat ibn Abdul Bakri

ii) The following poems of Al-Mutanabbi from the book al-Arf al-Tayyib fi sharahi Dewani

Abi-t-Tayyib (vol-I)

a) Hilmu-l-Fata fi Ghair Mawadi ihi Jhlun (147-510

b) Dhaykhun Yara al-SALAT AL_Khams Nafilatan (135-39)

iii) The following Poem from Mukharatun Min-al-Arabi by Dr.Walid Qassab and Dr. Hashim

Manna

a) Fi Madhi al-Rasul Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam (57-59)

b) Qasidah Abu”l Atahiyya (110-112)

c) Qaseedah Jarir (87-90)

d) Qaseedah Farazdaq (85-86) and

iv) The following Poems from Tarikh al Adab al-Arabi by Ahmad Hasan alZayyat (Beirut 1993)

a) Al-jhansa (110-111)

b) al- Akharal (119) and

c) Abu Newas (1999-201)

ARB 514 Rhetorics & Prosody

Rhetorics: Ilm ul-Bayan, Ilm ul-Ma”ani and Ilm ul-Badi

Text Books:

(a) Al-Balaghat al-widihah-Ali-al-Jarim and Mustafa Amin

Prosody: Arkan ul-Arud, Al-Bayt, at-Bahr, Al-Qafiya wa Anwa’iha, al-Sinad wa

Anwauha

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Text Book

(a) Taysir Kafi al-Tabrizi fil Arud Was-Qawafi


a) Al-Arud al-Wadih- Dr. Mamduh Haqqi

b) Mizan al-Dhahab Fi Sina”ah al-Arabi by Sayyid Ahmad al-Hashimi

c) Al-Balagatul Arabia-by Dr.Waleed Qassab

SEMESTER - II

ARB 521 Use of Language II

Text book:

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic – Part I & Part II (Lesson 20-40) Peter F

Abboud & Emest N Mc Carus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ARB 522 Grammar II

Text Books

a) Al-Arabiyya lil-Hayat Book III & IV with Audio CVassettes by Dr. Muhmud

Ismail Sini & others King Saud University, KSA

b) Al-Nahw al-Musawwar Vol I, II and III by Faizal Hussain (Beirut)

ARB 523 Language Technology and Communication

Fundamentals of Computer

Operating systems: MS DOS, Windows-98/2000, Windows NT

Networks & Peripherals

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MS Office, MS Word, MS Power Point etc.

Internet & E-mail

Internet Browsing- Search of research materials

Communication/Interaction with language experts around the world

On-line language teaching and learning

On-line lexicon, Grammar

On-line translation

Word Processing with Arabic Word, Bazaar etc.

Data Entry in Arabic

DTP in Arabic

ARB 524 Arab Culture and History

From Pre-Islamic Period upto the end of Abbasid Period


(i) Ta’rikh ut-Tabare

(ii) Al-Sirah at-Nabawiyya Ibn Hisham Vol-1-4

(iii) At –Tarikh ul-Islamia by Mahmud Shakir Vol 1-9

SEMESTER - III

ARB 531 History of the Modern Arab World

History of the Arab Countries from the fall of the Abbasid dynasty to the end of (20th

Century)

Books for Reference

a) Sl-Arab A-Hadith

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b) At-Tarikh al-Islam by Mahmud Shakir Vols-10-22 Beirut

c) Aalam al-Arab –Naqoola Ziyaadah

d) Taareekhu a;-Arab al-Hadeeth-Abd al-Kareem Mahmood Gharaaibah

e) A History of Modern Middle East- Nokshoy C Chatterji

f) The Middle east-Histort--Fisher S.N

g) The Mahammadar World of Today-Zwemar

h) The Arab World Today- more Berger

i) A short Histyoty of Middle East-G F Kirk

j) The Arab Awakenonh-George Antonius

ARB 532 Al-Mantiq

Al-Dalala Wa Anwaluha, al-Lafz wa Aqsamuhu, Aqsam al-Murakkab, al-Kull wa

al-Kulliya, al-Juzu wa al-Juziyya, Al-Ta’rif, al-Taqsim al-Tasdiq, al-Qaliyya,

Tanaquz al-Qiyas, al-Istiqra, al-Tamathil, Aqsam al- Hujjah, al-Khata’fil Burhan

Text Book:

a) Mizan alUqul by al-Shaykh Muhammed Husayn al-Najjar.

ARB 533 Modern Arabic Poetry

The following Poems

a. Early revivalism

i. Fi madhi As;ad Basha-Nasif al-Yaziji (P 347—Zayyat)

b. Neo-Classicism

i. Ayna Ayyamu Ladhdhattee wa Shababi by Mahmud Sami al-Baridi

ii. Umar Al-Mukhtar by Ahmad Shwaqi

iii. Mazaharat al-Sayyidat al-Misriyyat by Hafiz Ibrahim

iv. iv) Rrg AL-Uaradh al-Shaykh MohdAndudhu by Hafiz Ibrahim

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c. Pre-Romanticism

i. Al-shita’fi Aswin

ii. Ghirah Tiflah by Abbas Mahmud al-Aqquad

iii. Hayra-Abdur Rahman Shukri

d. Romanticism

i. Jubran Khalil Jubran

ii. “Akhi’ by Mikkail Na imiyyah

iii. Munajat al-Qamar-Ahmad shaki Abu Shasi

iv. Al-Qamae al-‘Ashiq’- Ali Mahmud Taha

v. Wa-walla Ma ;Aradnahu –Rashid Ayyub

e. Social Realism and Symbolism

i. Naghmat Murta’sha-Nazik al-Malaika

ii. Ughniya Qadima-Badar Shakir al-Sayyat

iii. Baghdad Tumazziq al-Qayada-Sulayman al-Isa

iv. An al-Sumud

v. Al-Manadil

vi. La Mafarr

vii. Gharnath-Nizar Qabbani

viii. Qalam al-Haqq Cuwwatun fi Yadil-Hurr by Ahmad Mukhaymir

Text Book: Al-Shiral-Arabi al-Hadith by Dr.Tahir Ahmad Makki

ARB 534 Criticism

Meaning and kinds of ‘Adab’ from the classical up to the Modern Period, Meaning

and kinds of ‘Naqd’ during the Jahilliya, Islamiyya, Amawiyya Abbasiyya, Mamluk

and Turkish periods, ‘Al-Naq’ in the Modern Period, kinds of Naqd focusing on

Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Socialistic Realism, Naturalism, Existentialism,

Structuralism and Post Modernism.

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1. Usool al-Naqd- Adabiyy-Ahmas al-Shaaib

2. Fann al-Adab-Taweeq al-Hakeem

3. Fee al-Naqd al-Adabiyy-Dr. Shouqi Dayf

4. Al-Naqd al-Adabiyy-Ahamad Ameen

5. Usool al-Naqd al-Adabiyy-Seyyid Qutab

6. Al-Naqd al-Manhaji Ind al-Arab-Dr.Muhammad Mandoor

7. Diraasah Adabiyyah-Ahammad haykal

8. Diraasah Fee al-Naqd al-Adabiyyah-Faisal Shukri

9. Taareekh al-Naqd al-Adabiyy Ind al-Arab-Ihsaan Abbaas

10. Al-Adab Wa Madhaahibuhu- Muhammad mandoor

11. Fann al-Adab-Muhamood Taymoor

12. Fann al-Maqaalah-Dr. Muhammad Yoosuf Najm

13. Fann al-Qasa-Dr. Mahmood Taymoor

14. Min Funoon al-Adab: al-Masrahiyyah-Dr.Abd al-Qaadir al-Qutt

15. AlFann wa Madhaahibuhu Fee al-Nathr al-Arabiyy-Dr.Shouqi Dayf

16. Al-Fann wa Madhaahibuhu Fee Shier al-Arabiyy

ARB 535 Indo Arabic Literature

Detailed study of

a) Tuhfat al-Mujahideen- ZainuddinMakhdum

b) Al-Muslimoona fil’Hind-Adul Hasan Al-al-Nadavi

SEMESTER - IV

ARB 541 Translation

Practice Book:

A New Arabic Grammar (chapter 1-51) by H.M.Nahmad & J A Haywood

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Books for reference:

a) Arabic Composition and Translation – Dr. A Abdul Jabbar

b) A Linguistic Theory of Translation – Dr. K.P Abubacker

c) The Theory and Practice of Translation-Nida Eugene A & C.R Taber

d) Translation and Translating-Bell R.T

e) Approaches to Translation-Newmark, Peter

f) The Nature of Translation- Holmes J.S

g) Scientific and Technical Translation -= Pichuk, Isdore

h) The Art of Translation- Thedore Savory

ARB 542 Modern Arabic Prose

Detailed Study of:

1) Mar’at-ul Islam / Ahlam Shahrzad by Dr.Taha Husain

2) Al-Liss wal-Kilab / Rihla ibn Fatuma by Najib Mahfuz

3) Bijimaliyyun / Hin ar al Hakkim by Tawfiq al-Hakkim

4) Al-Sulahfat Tatiru, Kunna Thalathata Aytam, Kun-kana, Al-Qiddis la

Yaharu, Baynee wa Baynaka by Yahya Haqqi and

5) Al-Dafin al-Saghit, Al-Kukh wal-qasr, al-Ba’ud wal-Insan, Rsalat al-

Ghufran By Mustafa Lutfi Al Manfaluthi

ARB 543 History of Modern Arabic Literature

From 18th Century to 2000 AD

Text books:

1. Tarikh al-Adab al-Arabi by Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat (part V only)

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2. Al-Ittijahat al-Adabiyyah fil-Alam al-Arabiyy-al-Hadith by Dr. Anis

al-Maqdisyy


1) Al-Adab al-Arabiyy al-Muaasir Fee Misr by Dr.Shouqi Dayf

2) Aelaam al-Nathr wa al-Shier Fee al-Asr al-Hadeeth by Muhammad Yoosuf

Kokan (3 Volumes)

3) Modern Arabic literature by Ismat Mahdi

4) Al-Funoon al-Adabiyyah wa Aelaamuha Fee Nahdah al-Arabiyyah al- Hadeeth

by Anees al-Maqdisiyy

5) Tatawwur al-Adab al-Hadeeth fee Misr by Ahmad Haykal

6) Fee al-Adab al-Hadeeth by Umar al-Dasooqi

7) Adab Al-Mahjar by Dr.Nazmi abd al-Badee Muhammad

ARB 544 Dissertation

Translation of a Published English work (not less than 50 pages / 8000 to10000

words) into Arabic

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ELECTIVES

ARB 501 Methods of Teaching Arabic

Text Books:

1. Asalibu Tadrisi-llughah al-Arabiyya by Dr.Muhammad Ali al-khawli,

K.S.A, 1982


1. Ta’lim –ullughat il-Arabiyya-Dr.Husayn Sulaiman, Darul Ma’arif, Cario 1969

2. Tadrisu-llughati-l-Arabiyya-Dr. Muhammad Salahuddin, Darul-Ma’arif, Cario, 1971.

ARB 502 Quranic & Hadith Science

Quranic Sciences:

Qira’a, Asbab al-Nuzul, Makki and Madani, Tafsir, Istinbatul-Ahkam, Ijazul-

Qur’an

Hadith Sciences:

The Sunnah as second source of Islam, Riwayah, Rijal-al-Hadith, Al Jarh w-

al-Ta’dil, Istinabat al-ahkam al-sharia Min al Hadith, Gharibal-Hadith,

Mukhtalaf al-Hadith

Text Books:

(1) Al-Itqan fi Ulumil-Quran by Imam al-Suyuti

(2) Hujjatullah al-Balighah by Shah Wallullah Dehlavi

Book for Reference:

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1. The Cultural Atlas of Islam by Ismail R. al-Faruqi and Lois Lamya al-Faruqi

ARB 503 Al-Khulafa’al- Rashidun

Books for Reference

i. Tarikh al-Islam vol3 & 4 by Mahmud Shakir

ii. Tarikh al-Tabri by Al-Tabari

ARB 504 Commercial Arabic

Arabic Typewriting, DTP Training and detailed study of the books

1. Kaifa Taktubu Rasailuka by Dr. Ruhi Balabakki (Dar-ul-iim lil Malayin,

Beirut)

2. A Hand book of Commercial Arabic by Dr. Aboobacker K.P


iii. Rasail fi Jami’lil Munasabat by Dr. Ilyas al-Zain (Darul Fikar al-Arabi, Beirut)

ARB 505 Arabic for Travelers

Text Books:

a) Durusun Fil-Arabiyya

b) Durusun Fil Arabiyya-Tamrinatun Shafawiyya

c) Durusun Fil Arabiyya- Tamrinatun kitabiyya by Linguaphone nInstitute,

London - (Lesson 1-30) With Audio Cassettes

d) Arabic for Your Trip- Berlitz, U.K

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ARB 506 Journalistic Arabic

Text Books:

1. Tatawwuru-ssahafa al-Misriyya by Dr. Ibrahim Abdu

2. Journal Arabic by Prof. V.P Abdul Hameed and N.K Abdul Haleem

3. Methods of Translation Arabic /English by Dr. Moinuddin Azmi

4. Selections from the Arabic Press (P 487-494 of ‘A New Arabic Grammar’ by

J.A. Haywood and H.M Nahmad)

ARB 507 Medieval Arabic Literature

Prose:

1. Muqaddamatu ibn khaldun (Al-Faslu- ththani-Fi-l’Umarani-l-Badwiyyi w-al-

Umami-l-Wahshiyyatti w-al-Qabaili wa ma Ya’rudum Fi Dhalika mina-l-

Ahwali (27 Fusul)

2. Rihlaty Ibn Batutah-From Dhikru-s-Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughlaq upto the

end of Hikayatu Qatlin Mughtasibin Saifan (P 441 to 570) Dar Beirut, Beirut

Poetry:

1. Qasidat-Ul-Burda by Imam Busiri

ARB 508 Comparative Literature

Text Book:

Mutala’atun Fil Adabil Muqaran by Dr. Adnan Muhammad Wazan (Makka, 1983)

ARB 509 Special Author

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A detailed study of the life and works of any one of the following modern Arabic

writers

1. Najib Mahfuz

2. Tawfiq al Hakkim

3. Taha Hussain

4. Muhamud Taymur

5. Hafiz Ibrahim

6. Ahmed Shawqi

ARB 5010 Arabic Literature in Spain

(a) A Survey of Arabic literature in Spain (710 to 1492 AD)


1. Tarikh ul-Adab il-Arabi by Ahamed Hasan al-Zayyat, Darul Marifa, Beirut

2. Tarikh ul-Adab il-Arabi-Parts IV & V by Daral-Ilm lil Malain, Beirut,

1981

(b) Prose and Poetry

Text Books

1. Tabaqatu-I Umam by Said sl-Andalusi

2. Risalatun Jiddiyatun / Risalatun Hazliyatun by Ibn Zaidun

3. Tarikhu-l-Adab-il-Arabi (P 229-252, All Poems) by Ahmad Hasan al-

Zayyat

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ARB 5011 Arabic Historiography

Text Books:

1) Al-Muqaddima Fi Fadli Ilmi-t-Tarikh (Muqaddimatu ibn Khaldun,

(Page 9-41)

2) A History of Muslim Historiography by Franz Rosenthal.

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