MA Arabic - School of Distance Education, University of Kerala

 University of Kerala - IDE

MA Degree in Arabic Language & Literature

Distance Education (Annual System)

2010 Admission Onwards

 Prescribed Textbooks

 

MA Previous

 

Paper II – Classical Arabic Literature

 

1. Mukhtaratun Min al-Adab al-Arabi (Walid Qassam & Manna’ Hashim) - selections

 

Paper III – Qur’anic & Hadith Literature

 

1. Kitab al-Tawhid (Sahih al-Bukhari)

2. Kitab al-Iman (Sahih Muslim)

3. Nahj al-Balagha – 5 Oratories (al-Sherif al-Radiyy)

 

Paper IV – Modern Arabic Poetry

 

1. Mukhtaratun Min al-Shi’r al-Arabi al-Hadith (Mustafa Badawi) - selections

 

Paper VI – Medieval Arabic Literature

 

1. Diwan al-Buhturi – 10 poems (Qafiya Hamza)

2. Kalila wa Dimna – 2 chapters (Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa’)

 

Paper VIII – Linguistic, Rhetoric & Prosody

 

1. al-Balagha al-Wadiha – Bayan & Badi’ (Ali Jarim & Mustafa Amin)

 MA Final

 

Paper XI – Drama & Fiction in Arabic

 

1. al-Qissa al-Qasira: Dirasa wa Mukhtarat – 5 short stories (Tahir Ahamed Makki)

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Paper XII – Electives

 

Elective I:1 – Special Author : Najib Mahfouz

 

1. Zuqaq el-Midaqq (Najib Mahfuz)

 

Elective I:2 – Women’s Writing in Arabic

 

1. Prose & Poetry Selections – 5 Prose items & 5 Poems

 

 

Elective I:6 – Special Poet: Hafiz Ibrahim

 

1. Diwan Hafiz (al-Siyasiyyat)

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Paper XIII – Contemporary Arab World

 

1. Tharikh al-'Alam al-'Arabi al-Mu'asar – Dr. Ismail Ahmad Yaghi

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Elective II:1 – Special Poet : Mahmud Darwish

 

1. Awraq al-Zaytun (Mahmud Darwish)

 

 

Elective II:4 –Mahjar Literature

 

1. al-Arwah al-Mutamarrida (Jubran Khalil Jubran)

 

Elective II:6 – Special Author: Tawfiq al-Hakim

 

1. al-Malik Awdib (Tawfiq al-Hakim)