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Criticism (2)

Course Description: The concept of critical heritage, its importance, and its interpretation.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: ARAB274

Objectives of the course :

To enable the student to perceive the values of the literary text according to critical standards.

Course outputs :

knowledge:

To mention the pioneers of old literary criticism and their works.

Cognitive skills:

The student connects the content of Criticism 1 with the content of Criticism 2.
The student explains the different critical methods of the pioneers of old criticism.

Interpersonal skills and taking responsibility:

To reconcile advanced cash flow sources.
To be able to give objective criticism to colleagues.
To be able to work in groups as a leader and a member.

Additional information:

Required textbooks
• The History of Literary Criticism among Arabs, by Dr. Ihsan Abbas, with a focus on issues in their primary sources.
• Lectures on the History of Criticism among Arabs, by Ibtisam Al-Saffar and Dr. Nasser Al-Halawa.
• The History of Literary Criticism among the Arabs by Dr. Mohamed Zaghloul Salam.
• Systematic Criticism among Arabs by Dr. Mohamed Mandour.
• Cairo Chapters Magazine.
Support
Studies that addressed the history of Arabic criticism and critical approaches.
Here is a list of the most important references: * * on the Classification of the Poets by Al-Jumahi * * Literature and Poets by Ibn Qutaybah * * Al-Badī‘ by Ibn al-Mu‘tazz * * The Standard of Poetry by Ibn Ṭabāṭabā * * Critique of Poetry by Qudāmah ibn Ja‘far * * Al-Muwāzanah by Al-Āmidī * * Al-Wasāṭah by Al-Jurjānī * * Al-‘Umdah by Ibn Rashīq * * A History of Literary Criticism among Arabs by Dr. Abd al-Aziz ‘Atiq * * A History of Literary Criticism by Ṭāhā Aḥmad Ibrāhīm * * Methodological Criticism among Arabs by Dr. Muḥammad Mandūr * * Literary Criticism in the Fourth Century by Dr. Muḥammad Zaghlūl Salām.

Last updated: 2026-05-06