Arabic
Total Marks – 200
Paper I
Marks – 100
1. The Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature
2. The Quran, its language, contents and style, its influence on the subsequent literature
3. Quranic semantics and etymology with special reference to Ibn Manzur Lisan al Arab and Raghib al-Isfahani Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran
4. Literary history and literary criticism – literary movements, classical background, socio-cultural influences and modern trends, origin and development of modern literary genres, including drama, novel, short story, essay
5. Contribution of Arabs in the fields of science, philosophy and linguistics with special reference to views of Ibn Khaldun, Al Biruni, al-Jahiz, Ibn Maskawaih, Ibn Maja, Al-Kasai and Sibawaih
6. A short introduction to Pakistan Arabic literature in the fields of prose and poetry
7. The contemporary Arabic literature in Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq with special emphasis on the literature of al-Mahjar and its outstanding representatives such as Jabran Khalil Jabran, Ilia Abu Mahdi, Mekhail Naeema and Umer Abu Risha
8. A short Essay in Arabic
This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability