Colleges

List of topics
Course Description
Analysis and tasting
Leave off blaming me
Ten verses to memorize
Analysis and tasting
The professor chooses a text from the poetry of Bishr ibn Burd.
Ten verses to memorize
Rhetorical Analysis of Abu Tammam's Poem on Ammuriyya
Ten verses to memorize
The art of description and the aesthetics of construction
Analysis and Appreciation of Al-Buhturi's Qasida
The lengthy poem and textual coherence
The professor chooses an extended passage from Ibn Ar-Rumi's poetry such as
Your tears heal, O my two companions. You have captivated me, a solitary one. Abandon blame, O Mimiyyah of Basra.
First Chapter Test
The Aesthetics of Loss in Prison Poetry
The professor chooses a text from the poetry of Ali ibn al-Jahm or Abu Firas al-Hamdani.
Aesthetics of the Self
The professor selects two poems from Al-Mutanabbi's finest works, one praising Sayf al-Dawla and another critical of Kafur, and compares them.
The Art of Letters: Analysis and Appreciation of a Letter by al-Jahiz Choose one of these two texts:
Squaring and rounding
A Treatise on Seriousness and Jest
Textual symbolism
The professor chooses a text from "Kalila wa Dimna" by Ibn al-Muqaffa.
Chapter 2 Test
The art of debate
The professor chooses a text from Al-Jahiz's Book of Animals.
For your reference:
A Debate Between the Pigeon Keeper and the Rooster Keeper
Debate between the owner of sheep and the owner of goats
The professor chooses a text from the book Al-Imt'a wal-Mu'anasa.
Required textbooks
Studies in Abbasid Poetic Texts by Abdo Badawi.

2- Forms of the Arabic Poem - Abdullah Al-Tantawi.

3- The pleasure of tasting poetry by Ahmed Darwish.