- Docente: Ahmad Addous
- Credits: 5
- SSD: L-OR/12
- Language: Arabic
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)
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from Sep 30, 2022 to Dec 16, 2022
Learning outcomes
Students learn the standard topics of Arabic language.
Comprehension of written and spoken Modern Arabic.
Usage of modern Arabic grammar more than traditional grammatical methodology.
Course contents
The derived forms of the verb: indicative, subjunctive and apocope. The imperative of the derivative verbs. The passive of simple and derivative verbs. The present and past participle.The cardinal and ordinal numerals. Relative pronouns. Further details and peculiarities on the noun. Inna and its sisters, kana and its sisters. Quadrilateral, irregular and defective verbs. Conditional sentences. Advanced syntax.
Readings/Bibliography
1. S. Attar, Modern Arabic: An Introductory Course for Foreign Students, Beirut 1988;
2. J. A. Haywood, A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language, London, Huphries;
3. A. Al- Addous, Arabo Fondamentale: Materiali didattici, Bologna, Libreria Bonomo Editrice, 2008;
Dictionaries
1. Langenscheidt. Arabo-italiano, italiano-arabo, Mondadori, 2014;
2. M. Balabaki, Al-Mawrid: A modern English -Arabic Dictionary, Beirut 2002;
3. Oxford Arabic-English Dictionary, 2014
4. Langenscheidts Taschenwörterbuch. Arabisch-Deutsch, Deusch-Arabisch, 1976;
5. M. Balabaki, Al-Mawrid: A modern English -Arabic dictionary, Beirut 2002.
History, Literature, Culture and Civilization
Al-Addous, A. (2014), I "gioielli" nei fondi della Biblioteca universitaria di Bologna, BUB, Bologna.
Al-Addous, A., Nanni, S. (2015), Al-Teatro: Drammaturgie didattiche per l’apprendimento dell’arabo letterario, Maqamat: scale musicali, vol. 4, Bonomo Editore, Bologna.
Al-Addous, A., Nanni, S. (2017), Al-Teatro: Drammaturgie didattiche per l’apprendimento dell’arabo letterario, Opera binaria: il canto della pioggia e altre rime, vol. 6, Bonomo Editore, Bologna.
Al-Addous, A. (2010), Sulle forme metriche della poesia araba classica, in: Islam Collected Essays, I Libri di Emil- Odoya, Bologna, pp. 69 - 96.
Allen, R. (2006), La letteratura araba, Bologna, il Mulino.
Bulliet, R. (2004), The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization, Colombia University Press; Trad. it. La civiltà islamico-cristiana: una proposta, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari.
Donini, P. G. (2003), Il mondo islamico. breve storia dal Cinquecento a oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
Darke, D. (2020), Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe, Hurts & Company, London.
Hourani, A. (1988), Storia dei popoli arabi, Milano, Mondadori.
Jayyusi, s. Kh. (1991), Modern arabic literature, Columbia University Press, New York.
Pellegrini, G. (1972), Gli arabismi nelle lingue neolatine, Brescia.
Said, E. (1999), Orientalismo, Bollati-Boringhieri (anche ed, economica Feltrinelli).
Soravia, G. (2005), La letteratura araba, Bologna, Club.
Teaching methods
Practical exercise, audio and video recording.
Assessment methods
The course will end with a written examination test, followed an oral examination.
Teaching tools
A. Al-Addous; S. Nanni, Al-Teatro: drammaturgie didattiche per l’apprendimento dell’arabo letterario, voll. I-7, Libreria Bonomo editrice, Bologna 2015-2020;
A. Al-Addous, Arabo fondamentale: materiali didattici, Libreria Bonomo editrice, Bologna 2008;
A. Al-Addous; S. Nanni (traduzione e cura di), Drammi: Due opere di Sa'd Allah Wannus, Bononi University Press, Bologna 2014.
Office hours
See the website of Ahmad Addous