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Arabic Literature for the Classroom : Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts by Mushin J al-Musawi (ed.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Arabic Literature for the Classroom argues for a more visible presence of Arabic within the humanities and social sciences, stressing the need to make Arabic literature available as a world literature, without damaging its own distinctive characteristics. The nineteen chapters which make up this book broach theoretical and methodical cultural concerns in teaching literatures from non-American cultures, along with issues of cross-cultural communication, cultural competency and translation. While some chapters bring out the fascinating and ever tantalizing connections between Arabic and the literatures of medieval Europe, others employ specific approaches to teaching particular texts, potential methodologies, themes and a variety of topics that can place Arabic widely in a vast swathe of academic application and learning. Topics that are explored include gender, race, class, trauma, exile, dislocation, love, rape, humor, and cinema, as well as issues that relate to writers and poets, women’s writing and the so called nahdah (revival) movement in the 19th Century. The comparative framework and multi-disciplinary approach means that this book injects new life into the field of Arabic L

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Author

Mushin J al-Musawi (ed.)

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315451657

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Science