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Types Of Grotesque Character In Ahmad Alsaadawi’S Frankstein In Baghdad, Ahlam Masad

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Grotesque is a term that describes everything that seems unfamiliar. It includes the anomaly, the distorted, the ugly, the strange, and the mad, all of which have a philosophical dimension that rejects the monistic and absolute view and is based on the contradictory duality that expresses the individual’s reality in its two parts: the bright and the dark, the complete and the imperfect. The events in Frankenstein in Baghdad take place in the years of 2005 and 2006 when Iraq witnessed a severe state of chaos, destruction and killing. These horrific incidents are reflected in the characters of the novel …

The Concept Of Text From The Perspective Of Heritage And Modernity: Its Impact On Formulating The Theory Of A Literary Text, Noureldeen Saddar, Khaled Bani Domy

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research aims to discuss the problem of the textual concept in the Arab critical heritage and the Western critical thought and to show its impact on formulating the contemporary literary textual theory. It is the problem that stems from the assumption that Arab critical thought has originated in the components of this theory, which we find have roots and references in our critical, literary, rhetorical and philosophical heritage. Hence, the textual theory in the contemporary critical thought is an extension of this legacy, benefiting from the achievements of philosophers, linguists and critics, and the achievements of contemporary critical approaches. …

The Problem Of Mimicry And Presence In Ahmad Shawqi's Siniyah, Sami Ababneh, Yousef Hamdn

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper examines Ahmad Shawqi's Siniyah and Al-Buhturi's Siniyah from a critical perspective that views the relationship between these two works as a case of both mimicry and presence. Mimicry is an essential component of poetic practice that cannot be overlooked and is evident of one’s self-awareness in its present time and circumstances. This paper seeks to reevaluate and criticize this relationship in ways that might rejuvenate interest in poetic influence as the means of the latter poet to prove himself and his presence when compared to predecessor poets. This perception is based on the imitating poet’s fit as seen …

Poetic Language Diplomacy: Reading In Zuhair Bin Abi Sulma’S MuʻAllaqet, Mohammad Ibnian

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The study aims to examine the features of the language used by the poet Zuhair bin Abi Sulma, which makes the reader stand in front of an amazing portrait of political dialogue and diplomatic techniques which eventually led to the cessation war which lasted for years and almost ended the clans of Abs and Theban. The research seeks to follow the minute details of lifestyle back then as the poet does justice to those who did their best to stop the war and the absurdity of death so everyone enjoyed peace. Hence, the poet does justice to Haram Bin Sinan …

Manifestations Of The Place In The “Khatrat Al-Taif In Alshita’A And Al-Saif Journey” By Lisan Al-Deen Bin Alkhateeb, Ajmal Altwaiqat

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The research hilights the place in “Al-Shita’a and Al-Saif” journey for Lisan AlDeen Bin Al-Khateeb. The study attempts to justify the manifestation of place in AlKhateeb’s jounrney. Moreover, the article focuses on the place through dealing with the idea of belonging to the Andalusian place as well as on Lisan Al-Deen Bin Al-Khateeb’s interest in Travel Literature. Furthermore, the research highlights Al-Khateeb’s spatial awareness in producing spatial symbols and embodying them in his journey as place plays an important role in his literature which consists of a collection of stories that contributes to depict historical portraits to his readers. The …

The Literary Sessions And Their Cultural Patterns In Amali Alsharif Almurtada (436 Ah): A Descriptive And Analytical Study, Salem Mar’I Al-Hadrusi

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research deals with the structure of the Session (“Umliah”) in Sharif alMurtada’s book (“Amali” 436 AH) which is known as (“Al-Ghurar Wa Al-Durdar”), demonstrating its concept, method, contents, aesthetic form, cultural value and patterns. The Session (Umliah) consists of distinct literary texts, intentionally chosen by the writer, from different historical eras, and various cultural genres, including Qur'anic texts, prophetic traditions, poems, letters and various speeches, news, narratives, proverbs, and different intellectual issues. The (Amali) Works are a collection of literary encyclopedias, expressing the interest of the author and the people of his time in cultural, specialized knowledge, religious, historical, …

The Question Of Being In Antara Ibn Shaddad Al-Absi's Mu'allaqa: A Hermeneutic Approach, Mohammad Al-Absie

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Antara Ibn Shaddad Al-Absi's Mu'allaqa is considered one of the most important texts of poetry in the pre-Islamic era. Because it is an open text on multiple perspectives and different interpretations, literary critics have paid attention to it, both ancient and modern, in order to explain and reveal the features of its structure and composition and discover its aesthetics, questions and poetic meanings. This study aims to read this poem an interpretative reading. This study benefits from "semiotics" in revealing the paths of meaning and producing the paths of meaning This hermeneutic approach ends up revealing one of the most …

The Phenomenon Of Arabic Poetry Embellishments Among Poets & Narrators Up To The 4th Century Ah, Mohammad Alzoubi

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Many single narrations of one and the same line of old Arabic poetry, especially the Pre-Islamic, are not different because of lapses of memory as commonly thought. In fact, they are often due to intentional attempts on part of the narrators in question to introduce some improvements, starting from Pre-Islamic poetry up to the age of documentation of such earlier poems. Based on recurrent news of such attempts or even, sometimes, documented confessions of these attempts, the present research adopts a comparative analytical approach, along with the citation of other new examples of the abovementioned attempts. Indeed, these improvements or …

Characters Dialogue In Yusuf’S Story: A Study In Linking Mental Texts With The Conscience, Eman Alawneh, Mahmoud Nawafleh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study aims to categorize the characters in Yusuf’s story according to the Holy Quran and their relations to time. It focuses on the most prominent features of those characters. To achieve the aim of this study, this paper explains why Surah Yusuf is different from other Surahs. The first section discusses the inner and outer spaces of the story. The second section tackles the aspects of the leading characters. The third section investigates the flat characters. It is revealed that the roles given to the characters in the story are in harmony with their ranks in accordance with what …

Ibn Qutaybah Al-Dinuri's Critical Measures And Statements Of Judgement, Arabe Hejaze Farouq Arabe Hejaze, Ismael Al-Gayam

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research presents Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinuri's efforts in establishing literary standards and critical terms and the issues of ancient and modern in literature, as well as lexical items and meaning, and the indication of the critical judgement terms for the critic's stance on poetry from objective points of view such as linguistic and phonological aspects, and following the way of the ancients as to the division of the poem, the effect of the quantity and quality on the poets ranking, and general taste. The research shows that Ibn Qutaybah was creative and influenced the critics who came after him. The …

The Tools Of Manifestation And The Mechanisms Of Disambiguation In The Discourse Of Modern Arabic Poetry, Anwar Al-Hanoush, Mohammad Al-Qudah

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Being conscious about the places of concealment and asking for concealing the meaning away from publicity and disclosure is an aim, ambition, and endeavor that the writer or artist relies on to achieve uniqueness and exceptionality in expression. This may ensure that the reader will not escape the grip of the text, seeking for an implicit, hidden meaning which has nothing to do with the obvious meaning whether this implicit meaning relates to a word, signal, and symbol or through writing, space, or punctuation and this ensures a special literary achievement which is based on terse style and aesthetic meaning …

The Connotations And Cultural Dimensions In The Introduction Of Ibn Bassam Al-Shantrini’S Al-Thakhira, Mohammed Faisal

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Andalusia witnessed progress in the sciences, arts, urbanism, literature, economic and political aspects. This progress prompted many scholars and writers to mention the merits of this culture, and celebrate it for successive generations through their poems and blogs so this becomes a witness on the work of the fathers and grandfathers and this brings pride of those ancient virtues. The book Al-Thakhira was a good example on embodying the meanings and dimensions of Andalusian culture and civilization through what the book has from the translations of the great people in Andalusia. If one just looks at the introduction of this …

The Role Of The “Recipient” In Arabic Grammatical Heritage: A Study In The Light Of Some Modern Approaches, Neveen Al Badawi, Faisal Safa

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research aims at defining the role of the “recipient” in the Arabic grammatical heritage in order to highlight the level of the Ancient Arabic Grammar studies in dealing with the verbal position in general, and the recipient in particular – as he has been described as an important element in the conversational position. Moreover, this paper aims to know the extent of availability of this ancient study of linguistic concepts, which were considered as one of the innovations of modern linguistic studies in their both literary and linguistic aspects. This research also attempts to highlight the role of the …

Functional Intonational Type In The Construction Of Synthetic Categorizations And Adjustment Of The Semantic Guides, Ameena Salem Al-Daihani

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research deals with the intonation and its importance in the contemporary study of language. It deals with applying some theoretical perspectives in heritage and modern studies. The descriptive analytical method has been followed. The most important objectives of this research are: the ability to establish governing rules for the path of intonation degrees, specifying its semantic features, considering it a linguistic method that is used to interpret the structure and significance issues, and disclosing the seven tasks of intonation. It states some of regulations to measure the intonation degrees, its levels (high, medium or low). It puts some criteria …

Semiotics Of The Mask In Abdullah Thabet’S The Sleeping Face, Hind Al-Yahya

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper, entitled (Semiotics of the Mask in Abdullah Thabet’s The Slpeeing Face), sheds light on an artistic technique and means of expression that the novelist relies on in the weaving of his narrative imagination, which is the mask technique. The paper aims to expose the implications and manifestations of the mask and its asethetic formulation in the text. This creative technique leads to a number of questions: How did the writer use the mask in creating his narrative world? What are the indications and signs that he is suggesting in the text? Then what is the aesthetic and artistic …

The Impact Of Hadith On Maqāmāt Al-Hamadhani In Terms Of Wording And Meaning, Fawziyah Al-Qudah

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research seeks to read the impact of Hadith on Maqāmāt Badi 'al-Zaman al-Hamadhani. This paper sheds lights on the mechanisms of manifestation of Hadith in the narrative contexts and demonstrates the rhetoric of Hadith. Also, the research shows the potentials of Hadith that has various rhetorical techniques, besides its connotations and meaning that demonstrate various values. Finally, this article consists of an introduction, two main sections. The first section deals with one single term or more mentioned in Hadith while the second one deals with the whole Hadith, making it an introduction to use the vocabulary of Hadith in …

The Coptic Orthodox Church: The Balance Of Its Continuation Of Its 1st Century Roots And Its Adaptation To Modernity, Meri Souliman

History Theses

This thesis analyzes the survival of the Coptic Orthodox Church and argues that the Church has effectively adapted to modernity. This survival and adaptation of this 1st century Church is argued for in the transformation and adaptation of language, the role of women, the practices of Coptic monasticism, and the creation of a new modern phenomena, the Coptic diasporic community, mainly though the example of the United States. The analyses presented are drawn from both primary and secondary sources that effectively ague for both the survival and adaptation of the Coptic Church. Finally, this thesis thus provides an institutional history …

النحت في اللغة العربية مظاهر وإشكاليات, أحمد كروم

Dirassat

Scrutiny of the Arabic Language: Manifestations and Problems

This article deals with the subject of carving in the language from a linguistic angle by introducing it and mentioning its synonyms, the phenomenon of shorthand and its types, sculpture, the problem of pronunciation and meaning, with examples of modern sculpture.

الأدب الحساني بين القديم والحديث, العتيك الطالب بويا

Dirassat

Hassani Literature between Ancient and Modern

This article deals with the definition of Hassani poetry through the basic unit of the poem and includes poetic examples of the purpose of praise and the attendant intersections with classical Arabic poetry, and examines the forms of its development, ancient and modern.

Collaborative Constructions: Designing High School History Curriculum With The Lost & Found Game Series, Owen Gottlieb, Shawn Clybor

Articles

This chapter addresses design research and iterative curriculum design for the Lost & Found games series. The Lost & Found card-to-mobile series is set in Fustat (Old Cairo) in the twelfth century and focuses on religious laws of the period. The first two games focus on Moses Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, a key Jewish law code. A new expansion module which was in development at the time of the fieldwork described in this article that introduces Islamic laws of the period, and a mobile prototype of the initial strategy game has been developed with support National Endowment for the Humanities. The …

المرأة في خطاب التنوير عند جابر عصفور Al-Mar’A Fi Khitab Al-Tanwir ‘Ind Gaber Asfour, Ferial J. Ghazoul

Faculty Journal Articles

Women, freedom, the Renaissance

The Importance Of Teaching Popular Proverbs To Non-Arabic Speakers And Their Role In Integrating Them Into The Culture Of Society And Developing Their Communication Skill (University Of Jordan Students As A Model), Ali Yahya Badr Al-Hadeed, Fatima Mohammed Olalimat, Nawal Abd Rahman Al-Shawabkeh

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

This study aims at exploring the importance of teaching Arabic idioms for speakers of other languages and its role in immersing the students in the culture of the society and developing their communication skill (University of Jordan students as a model. The study used the descriptive methodology and case study. The sample of the study consists of students of other languages at the University of Jordan, trying to discover to what extent they need these idioms and to discover their role in immersing these students in the Arab society. The study concluded that students need to learn idioms to enable …

Play: A Normative Theory Of Agency And Culture, Maxaie Belmont

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

From the beginning, people are introduced to many different attempts at engaging with various “cultures”, and of course, are born into their own. The extant literature of various fields in the social sciences have afforded us the realization that no one culture holds neither moral ground nor blueprint for how to be a culture, as our own culture is one of many, all a part of the world. Yet, because of the way our culture specifies how we are to engage and live, we tend towards the assumption that our culture has monopoly on the definition of culture. The following …

The Storytelling Cure: Medicine And Narrative From Galen To Shahrazad And Rousseau, Ryan A. Milov-Cordoba

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Are stories healing? This dissertation introduces and explores an idea that I call “the storytelling cure.” With this term I capture a set of related notions about the healing power of stories that span literary studies, intellectual history, philosophy, and medical practice. Through a comparative study I make the case for “the storytelling cure” as a cross-cultural, multiconfessional, and multilingual phenomenon of great age, complexity, and power, worthy of the most sustained attention by the contemporary field of Comparative Literature. Concretely, this dissertation presents three extended case studies of “storytelling cures” from three different kinds of texts (case history, frame …

Forced Alienation And The Challenges Of Survival In The Poetry Of “Mahmoud Darwish”, Bashir Faraj

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

“If only time would return one day”. A beautiful expression that we hear very often in all Arab countries, it carries a lot of meanings, some of which are beautiful, and some are stressful and tiring for the soul; because of the painful memories it contains.

Alienation is a conscious person’s awareness of his need for a homeland, even when he is in the country in which he was born and grew up loving it, because this homeland has changed so much that it is no longer possible to be comfortable about it. Usually, this alienation occurs when the homeland …

Transformation From Orality To Literacy: Studying The Effect Of Orality In Al-Jahiz’S Al-Bayan Wa Al-Tabyeen., Faiz Alasmari

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The transition from orality to literacy is the focus of this dissertation. Studying orality and literacy in Western Academic scholarship focuses on the transitional phase (transition from orality to literacy) of the Western transitional. This project widens the focus of the transitional phase and analyzes the transitional phase of the old traditional Arabic culture. The dissertation analyzes both oral and transitional phases of the old Arabic culture. It studies the unique characteristics of these two phases (oral and transitional). Isnad was the main feature of the Arabic transitional phase. Isnad is a chain of narrators who convey sayings. Every narrator …

Leveraging Data Analytics To Study The Impacts Of State Budget Cuts On Public Higher Education Institutions In The United States, Praveen Kumar Guraja

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Public higher education in the United States (US) is funded through two primary forms: one is through state higher education appropriation funds, and the other is student financial aid that is directly given to students. Increasing postsecondary full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment and graduation rate are becoming a crucial economic priority in the US. However, only a limited study is available about whether state investment in higher education and increasing tuition charges can impact FTE student enrollment (FTEE) and graduation rate (GR) at 4-year public universities in the US. A systematic literature review was conducted for the present research to comprehend …

Narrative Fiction And Collective Representation Biases (Socio-Cultural Study), Loui Khalil

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The subject of the study is related to the textual city, which represents a partial narrative shadow of the real city. The study is based on the hypothesis, "All forms of groups within the Syrian city during the Baath Party rule lack cohesion and order"! Thus, the aim of the study was to seek, prove or deny this hypothesis. To achieve this purpose, the study used the tools of the sociological approach and cultural criticism to reveal the biases inherent in the texts. As a result, the hypothesis has been accepted and the need to differentiate between two types of …

The Flow Of (Re)Memory In African American And Nubian Egyptian Literature: Morrison, Oddoul, And Mukhtar, Bushra Hashem

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to define the term rememory, which Toni Morrison coins in her novel Beloved, and explore its interplay with water imagery in the novel and in two Nubian short stories, namely Haggag Oddoul’s “The River People” and Yahya Mukhtar’s “The Nile Bride.” The three narratives have core common features: they centralize water bodies as key sites of events, they depend heavily on the retelling of history and mythology, and they are told predominantly from the perspective of women. How do the writers weave rememory, history, and mythology to produce these narratives? Are they attempting to …

Teaching Arabic During A Pandemic: Investigating Challenges Facing Teachers Of Arabic And Their Beliefs In Online Classrooms, Gihan Hamdi Hussein Hanafi

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this study was to explore possible challenges and obstacles that teachers of Arabic as a foreign language faced when they transitioned to online remote teaching after the Coronavirus outbreak. The study looked into particular issues pertaining to technology use and language assessment issues. The paper further examined AFL teachers' beliefs and opinions of their own competence as teachers and the potential effects on students' language ability in distant classrooms. To this end, the study employed a mixed methodological approach for data collection that began with disseminating an online questionnaire and culminated with conducting a number of follow-up …