AR3201 Media Arabic

The module introduces the language of the Arabic press and broadcasting through texts and radio files. As a language course of clearly-defined scope, giving equal emphasis to comprehension, composition and translation, and to oral and written work, it has two objectives: vocational training and the development of an analytical approach to language acquisition.

AR3206 Literary Arabic

This module will study linguistic, literary and cultural aspects of Arabic literary writing with readings from modern Arabic short stories. The module is designed to improve and broaden students' knowledge of Arabic while also including a more analytical and cultural component. Students will be required to translate passages of text and comment on difficulties of translation, and to translate into and compose in modern standard Arabic on related subject matter.

AR3250 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1

This module will introduce students to classical Arabic literature and culture. One hour will be spent reading and commenting upon the Arabic texts themselves, and the second will be devoted to the discussion of the literary, linguistic and cultural context of these texts. The one-hour practical class will address wider semantic, morphological and syntactical issues of the classical Arabic language.

AR4205 Advanced Arabic

This module will build upon the skills gained in 3000-level modules. More emphasis will be placed on free composition in Arabic and translation into and out of Arabic. Students will also give oral presentations in Arabic, and a variety of materials representing different facets of Arab culture will be used to broaden students' knowledge of the language.

AR4235 Modern Arabic Literature: Novellas

This module will study linguistic, literary and cultural aspects of recent Arabic fiction, with readings in Arabic from two novellas written in the late 1950s and late 1960s by an Egyptian and a Palestinian writer respectively, and readings in English from novellas and short stories by the same two authors. Students will be required to translate passages of text and comment on difficulties in literary translation, to discuss literary and cultural dimensions of the texts and to give short presentations in simple modern standard Arabic on the literature they have read or related topics.

AR4251 Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2

This module will focus on texts that have played a key role in the evolution of classical Arabic literature and culture. One hour will be spent reading and commenting upon the Arabic texts themselves, and the second hour will be devoted to the discussion of the literary, linguistic and cultural context of these texts. The texts will treat the following subjects: the origins of the Arabic literary tradition, the evolution of Arabic verse, Arabic poetry during the early Islamic period, Abbasid poetry, classical Arabic prose. The one-hour practical class will address wider semantic, morphological and syntactical issues of the classical Arabic language.

AR4999 Dissertation in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies

A dissertation of about 10,000 words on an approved topic in Arabic and Middle East Studies, supervised by an appropriate member of staff.