This course is for students who have satisfactorily completed ARAB3004 Introductory Course to Arabic Literature. It aims to further enhance students' proficiency of Arabic language through their focus on a special area of interest in modern standard Arabic and their understanding of an application of grammatical and stylistic rules. Students will read and analyse selected texts from one genre in modern standard Arabic such as short stories, novels, plays and poems. This course will develop students' proficiency in written structures of sophisticated complexity and their capacity to understand and evaluate specialist and technical language use as well as Arabic grammar.

• Demonstrate proficiency in written structures of sophisticated complexity
• Demonstrate their capacity to understand and evaluate technical language use as well as Arabic grammar.
• Read and analyse selected texts from one genre in modern standard Arabic such as short stories, novels, plays and poems. 
• Acquire knowledge of many aspects of advanced Arabic syntax and morphology;
• Demonstrate proficiency in more complex written syntactic and discourse structures and extend their capacity to use such structures appropriately to undertake a small-scale research.
• Demonstrate their ability to present their findings in a scholarly manner in Arabic.
• Demonstrate their advanced linguistic skills and functional understanding of Arabic Language.

3,000 word written essay (50%) and 30 minute presentation (50%).

Two hours of language classes per week or regular meeting with the Supervisor

ARAB3005/6507 An Introductory Course to Arabic Literature

The lecturer will provide materials selected from Arabic print media, short stories, poems, novels and other sources.