Undergraduate Course: Modern Arabic Literature (IMES10001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The Modern Arabic Literature Course comprises three elements to cover three of the dominant literary genres: the short story, the novel and poetry. Despite the obvious time constraints of such a course, the literature covered attempts to represent several different Arab countries and both male and female writers and poets.
Guidance on secondary reading is also provided. Not all of the primary Arabic texts will be covered during class time. Rather, students are expected to read these in their own time and class time will concentrate on tackling areas found to be problematic or deemed to be key for class discussion of literary themes, forms and techniques. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Before enrolling students on this course, you are asked to contact the IMES Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 504182, e-mail imes@ed.ac.uk). Students not studying Arabic degrees must contact the course organiser to check level of Arabic language ability before being enrolling on the course. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 courses in a suitable subject area at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Students will also have to contact the course organiser to check level of Arabic language ability before being admitted to the course. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 16 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
one 3 hour exam (60%), one essay of 2,500 words (30%), coursework (10%). |
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Learning Outcomes
- To give students a brief taste of three dominant genres of modern Arabic literature (the short story, the novel and poetry) through intense reading of a few select examples
- To develop students' ability to read modern Arabic literature in the original language from a critical perspective
- To enable students to think about and critically discuss various themes, forms and techniques found in modern Arabic literature more generally
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IMES MAL |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Mrs Eleanor Birch
Tel: (0131 6)50 4182
Email: Eleanor.Birch@ed.ac.uk |
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