AN INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC 
                   LITERATURE 
                            
                      OPEN COURSE 
                       (ARB 5 D 02) 
                            
                            
                       BA ARABIC 
                      V SEMESTER 
                    (2019 Admission Onwards) 
                            
         
         
                                 
         
         
                UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT  
                  School of Distance Education,  
                    Calicut University P.O., 
                 Malappuram - 673 635, Kerala. 
                            
         
         
                     School of Distance Education  
                UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT 
                 SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION 
                              
                    SELF LEARNING MATERIAL 
                         BA  ARABIC 
                         V SEMESTER 
                              
                        OPEN COURSE 
                         (ARB 5 D 02) 
                              
              AN INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC 
                       LITERATURE 
                              
                          Prepared by: 
                         Dr. JABIR K T 
                         Assistant Professor 
                        TMG College, Tirur 
                      Malappuram – Kerala 
                              
         
                        Scrutinized by: 
                       Sri. NOUSHAD  M P 
                         Assistant Professor 
                      School of Distance Education 
                   University of Calicut – Kerala 
                              
                              
                              
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                          TABLE OF CONTENT 
                                      
                          
          MODULE 1      INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC LANGUAGE 
                         
                         
          MODULE 11     INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC ITERATURE 
                         
                          
          MODULE III    INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC POETRY 
                          
          MODULE IV  ARABIC PROSE LITERATURE 
                         
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
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                    Module I 
           Introduction to Arabic Language 
       
      Arabic Language 
      The Arabic language has got much acceptance in the modern 
      era. It has a far reaching significance in different aspects. In 
      1973, Arabic was recognized by United Nations as one of the 
      six  official  languages  along  with  Chinese,  English,  French, 
      Russian  and  Spanish.  More  than  one  billion  Muslims  from 
      countries  like  India,  Indonesia,  Pakistan  and  Tanzania  study 
      Arabic  as  a  foreign  or  as  a  second  language  whether  their 
      objective  is  liturgical  or  any  other  kind  of  scholastic 
      accomplishment. Many countries speak Arabic as an official 
      language. The language has many dialects like Gulf Arabic and 
      Egyptian  Arabic.  Most  of  the  countries  Arabic  as  spoken 
      language  are  located  in  the  Middle  East  as  the  dominant 
      religion in the region is Islam. Arabic has gained acceptance 
      among  the  Europeans  and  there  are  some  words  used  in 
      English borrowed from Arabic like cotton and sugar. 
      The Arabic language has a unique role among Muslims due to 
      the  religious  importance  of  the  Quran.  As  some  studies 
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