Oriental Languages and Cultures

The course is an introduction to classical Arabic literature. Texts of the classical Arabic literature, both in verses and prose, will be presented and commented from a historical and cultural point of view, and analysed from a literary point of view. Special attention will be given to a tale belonging to the non-standard cycle of the 1001 Nights and to its influence on other medieval and renaissance literatures in other languages.

The course of Arabic Language and Literature requires both the grammatical skills and the vocabulary knowledge acquired during the B.A. years or a good level of knowledge of the Arabic language

Daniela Amaldi, Storia della letteratura araba classica, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2004. Heidi Toelle e Katia Zakharia, Alla scoperta della letteratura araba: dal VI secolo ai nostri giorni, Lecce, Argo, 2010. Pierre Cachia, Arabic Literature: An Overview, London, Routledge, 2002.

Attending lessons is not mandatory but warmly recommended

It is required to pass a written test prepared by the mother tongue readers - Dr. ALRaies and Mediouni - in order to be allowed to be given an oral examination. The oral exam consists in a presentation of a topic among those illustrated at lesson - previously agreed with the professor - and an oral exam with the mother readers. The oral examination is scored on 30/30.

A. D'Ottone Rambach, L’omosessualità femminile in al-Andalus attraverso una fonte letteraria: la Storia di Bayād e Riyād in LVII Convegno storico internazionale: La sessualità nel Basso Medio Evo (Todi, 11-13 ottobre 2020), Todi, Centro Italiano di Studi sul Basso Medioevo – Accademia Tudertina, 2021, 459-469. Further bibliographical references will be pointed out during lessons.

Lessons in class. The course of Arabic Language and Literature comprehends exercises (reading, writing, speaking) with a mother reader - Dr. A. Al-Raies and Dr. R. Mediouni