Arabic Literature for the Classroom
Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts
Description:... 6. Classical and medieval Arabic literary delights: Towards teaching the humanistic literature of the Arabs -- Humor in the Arab literary heritage: a course plan forArabic literature -- Food and sexual intimacy: a course plan for Arabic literature -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix: suggested translated works for the non-specialists -- 7. Language through literature -- A canon within the canon -- Literary genres and levels of language instruction -- Models and parameters of content-based Arabic courses -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART II:Theme -- 8. Lessons from the Maghreb -- The other "west"--Definitions, demarcations and disciplinarity -- Decolonizing the language question -- Lessons in reading -- Appendix of literary and critical sources of the Maghreb -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 9. Teaching humor in Arabic literature and film -- Humor as pedagogical tool -- Humor as humanizing process -- The brothel of Oum Walid -- Saved by Hollywood -- A dog's life -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 10. The art of teaching Arab traumas triumphantly -- Trauma, rememory, and postmemory -- Real and virtual worlds in the lens of affect -- Second Life in the classroom and beyond -- Appendix: sample course descriptions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 11. The urban gateway: Teaching the city in modern Arabic literature -- On cityness -- Bringing the city into the classroom -- Conclusion: sharing cities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 12. Teaching Mahmoud Darwish -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 13. Teaching the modernist Arabic poem in translation -- The modernists -- The translated poem -- The poem in the classroom -- Poetic reclamations of tradition -- Engaging the popular -- Modernist malaise -- The voice, the text and the urban space -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography
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