AIS 331 - Classical Arabic Literature (In English)

[3 Credit Hours]

Reading from some of the major works of Arabic literature (poetry and prose) of the 6th-14th centuries which are an integral part of the Arab cultural heritage, e.g., the Mu’allaqat, Koran, Ibn Ishaq’s Sirah; al-Tabari’s Ta’rikh; Abu’l Faraj’s Kitab al-Aghani; al-Ghazzali’s Ihya; al-Hariri’s Maqamat; and Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah.