COURSE SYLLABUS

CLASSICAL ARABIC POETRY

1	Course Title:	CLASSICAL ARABIC POETRY
2	Course Code:	TIB6141
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yalar
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	yalarm@hotmail.com
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To investigate the emergence of classical Arabic poetry, the ideas put forward about it and discussions and the major poets of each period beginning with the first and second Jahilliya including also Islamic periods, and gain the ability of making evaluation about these topics
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To have an idea and information about the situation of the poetry in the first Jahilliya period of Arab society;
2	To gain the ability of dealing and investigating the uncertainty about the presence of poetry in that period;
3	To provide the understanding of the second Jahilliya period’s importance in the terms of Arabic poetry ;
4	To deal and evaluate the ideas and claims about the beginning of the maturation process of poetry in terms of meter and rhyme in the second Jahilliya period.;
5	To learn the main themes of poetry of the second Jahilliya period and to evaluate the Arab society politically, socially and culturally in the light of these themes;
6	To know the major great poets grown in this period and to discuss and evaluate them;
7	To know the major poems of that period and to analyse critically the thesis about the arising of first examples of poetry ;
8	To learn the Muallakas and their writers from original sources and to analyse the claims put forward about them and making inferences about them;
9	To evaluate critically the discusses occurring around the historical truthfulness of the Jahilliya poetry;
10	To have information and make observation about the points that differs Islamic period poetry from Jahilliya period poetry;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General situation of ignorance poetry
2	General information about the themes of Jahilliya poetry
3	Themes of pride and heroism
4	Political poetry
5	Theme of satire
6	Theme of Requiem
7	Gazelle in classical Arabic poetry
8	The theme of Nature in Jahilliya poetry
9	The Theme of Drink ( hamriyat)
10	Wisdom and advice
11	General information about the major leading classical Arab poets
12	İmruulkays and his poetry
13	Zuheyr b. Ebi Sulma and his poetry
14	Hassan b. Sabit and his poetry

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Corci Zeydan, Târihu âdâbi’l-lag’l-Arabiyye, Kahire, tarihsiz. 2. Butrus el-Bustânî, Udebâu’l-Arab,Beyrut,1989 3. Hannâ el-Fâhûrî, Târîhu’l-edebi’l-arabî, yer yok, tarihsiz 4. Usâme Salâhuddîn, Şerhu dîvâni İmriilkays, Beyrut, 1996 5. Dîvânu Zuheyr b. Ebî Sulmâ, Beyrut, 2003 6. Nâsıruddîn el-Esed, Masâdiru’ş-şi’ri’l-câhilî, Beyrut, 1996
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High