ARBC2633 - Arabic Advanced Language & Literature 3A

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Nijmeh Hajjar
Phone: +61 2 9036 7011
Email: nijmeh.hajjar@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit aims to strengthen practical language skills, including writing and translation, to enrich the students' understanding of Arabic literature and culture, develop their analytical and critical skills through reading of a variety of Arabic texts by writers from different Arab countries, focusing on themes of modernity and identity as reflected in modern Arabic essays on political, social and cultural issues and in contemporary Arabic literature in general.

Assessments

1x2.5hr exam (equivalent to 2000wds) (50%), written and oral exercises (equivalent to 800wds) (20%), 1x2.5hr mid-semester exam (25%), class participation (5%)

Textbooks

A dossier of texts will be provided

Classes

3x1-hr seminars/week

Prerequisites

HSC Arabic Extension or Arabic Continuers or 70% or above in Arabic Beginners (subject to placement test)

Prohibitions

ARBC1311

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