Arabic literature for the classroom : teaching methods, theories, themes and texts / edited by Muhsin J. al-Musawi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mūsawī, Muḥsin Jāsim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--Study and teaching.

Arabic literature.

Physical Description:

xx, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Contents:

Part I Theory and method 1

1 Proxidistant reading: Toward a critical pedagogy of the nahdah in US comparative literary studies / Shaden M. Tageldin Tageldin, Shaden M. 3

2 Teaching Arab women's letters / Boutheina Khaldi Khaldi, Boutheina 24

3 Arab women writers 1980-2010 / Miriam cooke cooke, Miriam 40

4 Teaching francophone Algerian women's literature in a bilingual French-English context: Creative voices, dissident texts / Brinda J. Mehta Mehta, Brinda J. 54

5 Approaches to teaching classical Arabic literature in English translation / Jocelyn Sharlet Sharlet, Jocelyn 72

6 Classical and medieval Arabic literary delights: Towards teaching the humanistic literature of the Arabs / Nizar F. Hernnes Hernnes, Nizar F. 83

7 Language through literature / Taoufik Ben Amor Amor, Taoufik Ben 96

Part II Theme 107

8 Lessons from the Maghreb / Hoda El Shakry Shakry, Hoda El 109

9 Teaching humor in Arabic literature and film / Tarek El-Ariss El-Ariss, Tarek 130

10 The art of teaching Arab traumas triumphantly / Hanadi Al-Samman Al-Samman, Hanadi 145

11 The urban gateway: Teaching the city in modern Arabic literature / Ghema Hayck Hayck, Ghema 156

12 Teaching Mahmoud Darwish / Jeffrey Sacks Sacks, Jeffrey 171

13 Teaching the modernist Arabic poem in translation / Muhsin al-Musawi al-Musawi, Muhsin 189

14 The politics of perception in post-revolutionary Egyptian cinema / Nathaniel Greenberg Greenberg, Nathaniel 210

Part III Text 223

15 Teaching the maqâmât in translation / Roger Allen Allen, Roger 225

16 Ibn Hazm: Friendship, love and the quest for justice / Terri De Young Young, Terri De 237

17 The Story of Zahra and its critics: Feminism and agency at war / Elizabeth M. Holt Holt, Elizabeth M. 254

18 The Arabic frametale and two European offspring / James T. Monroe Monroe, James T. 265

19 Teaching the Arabian Nights / Muhsin al-Musawi al-Musawi, Muhsin 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138211964

1138211966

9781138211971

1138211974

OCLC:

957503892

Publisher Number:

40027280887