Ph.D seminar - The Arabic culture in the light of literature 3600-DD-SD-EMM

Knowledge, social competences and skills of student achieved in the course of the seminar:
Knowledge
- knows an output of the Arabic literature from Renaissance (2nd half XIX- 2nd half XX c.)
- knows basic tends and tendencies of development of Arabic culture (since 2nd half of XIX century) .)
- has detailed and organized knowledge of literary currents and trends of the contemporary Arab literature
- has detailed and organized knowledge of the most outstanding writers of modern Arab literature.
- has detailed and organized knowledge of basic literary forms In the Arabic language including poetry, prose and drama.
- has detailed and organized knowledge on Arab literary studies and literary criticism
- can name and characterize basic cultural phenomena of Muslim countries
- knows basic terminology in the range of modern Arabic literature and culture
- has basic knowledge of the place and significance of Arabic literature in general, literary studies and its specificity
- has basic knowledge in the field of compared literatures

Skills
- can use the Arabic terminology from the domain of Arabic literature
- can read, analyze and interpret literary texts and other works of cultural creativity (film, press, social texts)
- can compare and perceive interrelations between chosen literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) and the issues within the scope of tradition and modern times
- can see reflection of social, moral and political problems in the modern Arabic literature
- can summarize the most important phenomena, currents and trends of the contemporary Arab literature
- can interpret key terms from a culture of Arab countries through linguistic/philological analysis
- has the ability of substantive argumentation with the use of other authors’ views
- can analyze and interpret source texts in Arabic
- can appropriately use the basic notions in the field of Arabic culture and literature
- can see the relations between the cultural and literary phenomena in the Arabic world.

Social competences
- is aware of significance of literature as the source of Arab identity
- is aware of cultural and social changes in the Arab Word and opposite elements of tradition and modernity
- acts in aid of sharing and promoting cultural and linguistic heritage of Arab countries
- perceives the positive socio-cultural values of Arab countries and possibility to use them in own personal development and effective intercultural communication
Is aware of significance the Arab literature has for the literature of the world
- is aware of significance the culture of Arab countries have for the culture of the world
- sees the need of dialogue between cultures

Discussion and choosing subjects of presentations, their methodology, literature, main thesis and assumptions.

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Amazon, :
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M. Zyzik, Małżeństwo w prawie muzułmańskim, Elipsa, Warszawa 2003

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