COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CLASSICAL ARABIC LITERATURE I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 6523 HISTORY OF CLASSICAL ARABIC LITERATURE I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SENEM CEYLAN

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To recognize Classical Arabic literature and know the types of the classical period, and can read the texts about these genres.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student knows the literature of Classical Arabic literature
2   The student recognizes types of Classical Arabic Literature and knows outstanding works
3   The student gets information about styles of the texts on Classical Arabic literature
4   The student gets information about contents of the texts on Classical Arabic Literature
5   The student can translate the texts of the Classical Arabic literature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Poetry in Cahiliyya period: Poets of the city and the desert
2 Selected poems from al-Muallakat
3 Prose in Cahiliyya period: rhetoric and proverb
4 Speech of Kuss b. Saide
5 Islam and poetry, types of poetry in Islamic period
6 The subject of the poems, shapes and styles in Islamic period
7 Selected poems from Ka'b b. Zuheyr
8 Prose in Islamic period: the effect of the Qur'an and the Hadith in Arabic language and literature
9 Types of Prose: Khitabah, Kitabah, Wasiyyah, Tavkî ât, Hikmah
10 The letters and last sermon of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
11 The letters of al-Khulafa al-Râşidin and selected texts from Nahc al-Balâğah
12 Poetry in Umayyad period
13 Examples from Umayyad period poetry
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Required Textbooks:
1. A. Suphi Furat, Arap Edebiyatı Tarihi I, Istanbul Üniv. Edebiyat Fak. Yayınları, Istanbul 1996.
2. Kenan Demirayak, Arap Edebiyatı Tarihi 1 Cahiliye Dönemi, Fenomen yayınları, Erzurum 2009.
3. Nihad Çetin, Eski Arap Şiiri, Kapı yayınları, Istanbul 2011
References:
1. ez-Zevzenî, Şerhu l-Mu allakâti s-Seb , Dâru Sâdır, Beyrut ts.
2. Ibn Ebi l-Hadîd, Şerhu Nehci l-Belâğa, Daru Ihya l-Kütübi l-`Arabiyye, ts.
3. M. Reşit Özbalıkçı, Asr-ı Saadet ve Râşit Halifeler Döneminde Hitabet, Yeni Akademi Yayınları, Istanbul 2005.
4. Collected poems

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research ,question and answer, assignment and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and Final Exam:
In Mid-term and final exam, the students are asked questions in classical style about works and books on Classical Arabic literature, which will test their knowledge of the field. They are also asked to perform translation of the Classical Arabic literature texts to Turkish Language .

Homework:
The student prepares a composition about a certain genre, literary movement, or a book or an author, and then presents this composition in printed output.

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term, and final exams and assignments along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

senem.soyer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51