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Reading course to familiarize students with trends and developments in contemporary Arabic literature and to discuss recent literary “events”. Texts are chosen from among works published during the last 5-10 years and will be analyzed as comments on, and expressions of, what is currently “going on” in Arab societies and cultures. The analysis of literary texts will provide students with more insight and a better understanding of literature as a mode of interaction with given political, social, economic etc. situations, and of the texts as “life-worlds (Lebenswelten)” of their own. The course will focus on the Arabic ‘primary’ sources, but relevant secondary material will be used as well as texts from other Near/Middle Eastern literatures read (in translation) in order to improve analysis and to place developments in the Arab world in the wider context of postcolonial, and global, writing.
Students will acquire competence in the reading and interpretation of Arabic primary sources in the study of Arabic literature. The course also gives training in the critical use of relevant secondary literature both in Arabic and in other languages. Students shall develop their ability to describe and summarize source material and to analyse it with regard to a chosen method of literary criticism; to present their own analysis in oral and written form and in a concise academic style; and to evaluate each other’s work.
Admission as a Master's student to the Program for Asian and African Studies.
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ARA2110 - Arabisk språk 3+4 or equivalent.
Fluent knowledge of written Arabic (four semesters minimum); English; for some secondary texts German reading knowledge would be helpful.
10 credits against ARA4302 - Readings in Arabic Literature, Religions and Politics.
10-week seminar (2 hours/week) with class readings and intermittent lecture-style presentations by teacher and students.
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Teaching takes place throughout the semester.
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, contingent on available capacity.
Seminar paper (semesteroppgave; 8-10 pp.; footnotes and appendices excluded) on a relevant topic to be agreed upon. It must be presented orally in class, along with a 1-2 pp. written handout / “thesis paper”, before it can be submitted.
Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail.
A student may appeal against an awarded grade and/or file a formal complaint about exam procedures.
Students who due to illness or other valid reason of absence were unable to sit for their final exams may apply for participation in make-up exams. Make-up exams are arranged either later in the same semester or early in the semester following the exam in question. Documentation of valid reasons for absence from the regular exam must be submitted upon application to participate in make-up exams.
Students who have failed an exam and students who wish to re-take an exam to achieve a better grade may not participate in make-up exams, but must re-take the exam when it is regularly scheduled.
Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Reading list is to be agreed upon between student and lecturer.
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