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Literature (3) (Abbasid Era)

Course Description: Attention to the history of Abbasid literature in terms of its origin, and intellectual and literary circumstances,

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: ARAB252

Objectives of the course :

Identifying the history of Abbasid literature in terms of its emergence, intellectual and literary circumstances, characteristics, poetic literary genres, and the transformations they underwent, the literary schools that flourished during it, recalling the most important literary examples of this era, attributing them to their owners, determining their thematic purposes, and relating them to their artistic schools, and revealing the most prominent characteristics of the Abbasid era through them.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
– The student will identify the arts of poetry and prose, and their importance, in the Abbasid era.
To mention the most important poetic schools and trends in the Abbasid era.
To summarize the characteristics of literary prose in the Abbasid era.

Skills:
To deduce the most important aspects of literary renewal and development in the Abbasid era.
- To distinguish between poetic and prose arts, their schools, and their pioneers. .
– To analyze selected poetic and prose models

Values, autonomy and responsibility:
To be able to master the skill of public speaking and utilize knowledge of poetry and prose to develop relationships with others.
– To take the initiative to memorize a collection of poems and analyze them in work groups.
To be able to deal with others, bear responsibility, and possess an honest and responsible scientific character in performing duties.

Additional information:

Primary course reference:

The First Abbasid Era, The Second Abbasid Era, Dr. Shawqi Daif. Artistic Prose in the Fourth Century, Zaki Mubarak
Supporting References • Art and its Schools in Arabic Poetry, Dr. Shawqi Dayf. • Abbasid Poetry: Vision and Art: Ezz El-Din Ismail. • Abbasid Poetry: Its Trends and Development, Dr. Mustafa Al-Shura. • Ibrahim Al-Najar: Forgotten Abbasid Poets. • Mustafa Al-Shuk'a: The Journey of Poetry from the Umayyad to the Abbasid Era. • Muhammad Abu Al-Anwar: Abbasid Poetry: Its Development and Artistic Value. • Muhammad Abdul Aziz Al-Mawafi: The Renewal Movement in Abbasid Poetry. • The Renewal Movement in Abbasid Poetry: Dr. Muhammad Abdul Aziz Al-Mawafi. – Omar Al-Daqqaq, Features of Abbasid Prose. – Muhammad Abdel Ghani Al-Sheikh, Artistic Prose in the Early Abbasid Era: Its Trends and Development. – Muhammad Nabih Hijab, The Eloquence of Writers in the Abbasid Era. – Hussein Al-Haj Hassan, Figures in Abbasid Prose. – Shawqi Dayf, The First and Second Abbasid Eras.

Last updated: 2026-05-03