SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentJunior Class of Department of Arabic Language and Culture Senior Class of Department of Arabic Language and Culture
Course NameTrends of Modern Arabic Thought in Culture and Arts
InstructorWANG CHING-JEN
Credit2.0
Course TypeSelectively
PrerequisiteModern Arabic Literary Trends、Trends of Modern Arabic Thought in Culture and Arts
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule






















































































































Week

Content and Required Reading

Class Activities and Assignments

Required Learning Hours (before and after class)

1: 3/2

Introduction

 

2

2: 3/9

Islamic Education



Halstead, J. Mark. "An Islamic Concept of Education." Comparative Education 40.4, Special Issue (29): Philosophy, Education and Comparative Education (Nov. 2004): 517-29.

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



 



2+3

3: 3/16

Al-Azhar and Education Reform



Patel, Abdulrazzak. "Education, Reform, and Enlightened Azharis." Arab Nahda The Making of the Intellectual and Humanist Movement, 181-200

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

4: 3/23

Westernization of Language



Sawaie, Mohammad. "Rifa'a Rafi al-Tahtawi and His Contribution to the Lexical Development of Modern Literary Arabic." International Journal of Middle East Studies 32.3 (Aug. 2000): 395-410

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

5: 3/30

Islamic Law



Layish, Aharon. “Islamic Law in the Modern World Nationalization, Islamization, Reinstatement,” Islamic law and society 21 (2014): 276-307

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

6: 4/6

Islamic Law and Modern Society



Layish, Aharon. “Islamic Law in the Modern World Nationalization, Islamization, Reinstatement,” Islamic law and society 21 (2014): 276-307

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

7: 4/13

Women’s Right? Equality?



Mir-Hosseini, Ziba. "Muslim Women's Quest for Equality: Between Islamic Law and Feminism." Critical Inquiry 32.4 (Summer 2006): 629-45

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

8: 4/20

Divorce: A Case of Egypt



Sonneveld, Nadia.  “Khul’s Divorce in Egypt: How Family Courts Are Providing a ‘Dialogue’ between Husband and Wife,” Anthropology of the Middle East, Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 2010, p. 100-120

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



 



2+3

9: 4/27

Midterm

 

2

10: 5/4

Arabic Press（Term Paper Abstract Due）



Dajani, Nabil. "Arab Press." Arab Media. Ed. Mellor, Noha. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2011. 45-66

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



2+3

11: 5/11

Globalization and Islamic Society



Sedgwick, Mark. “Islam and Popular Culture,” in Islam in the Modern World, Jeffrey T. Nenney and Ebrahim Moosa, eds, London: Routledge, 2014

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

12: 5/18

University Anniversary, no class!

 

       2+3

13: 5/25

Lost in Globalization



Mehrez, Samia. "Lost in Globalization Education and the Stranded Egyptian Elite." Egypt's Culture Wars Politics and Practice. London: Routledge, 2008. 91-106

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

14: 6/1

Oral Presentation

 

2

15: 6/8

Oral Presentation

 

2

16: 6/17

Arabic Literature and the West



El-Enany, Rasheed. "Tawfiq al-Hakim and the West: A New Assessment of the Relationship." British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 27.2 (Nov., 2000): 165-75

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



2+3

17: 6/22

Arabic Literature and Religion



Nijland, C. "Naguib Mahfouz and Islam. An Analysis of Some Novels." Die Welt des Islams 23/24 (1984): 136-55

1. Assigned reading before class



2. Power Point lecture



3. Class discussion



4. Video clip watching

 



 



       2+3

18: 6/29

Final Exam（Term Paper Due）

 

 


 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

N/A


Requirement/Grading

1. Attendance and Participation 40%: Students will be graded on their active participation in class activities and discussions. Absence will only be accepted if deemed justified (illness, family issues etc.) It’s the students’ responsibility to duly inform me in advance.



 



2. Students will choose, by the end of the 3rd week, to do 3 oral presentations (60%) OR write a term paper (60%).



2a. 3 Oral Presentations 60%:



Students are required to do three oral presentations in English throughout the semester; the first presentation is about 5 minutes long (15%); the second 10 minutes long (20%); and the third will be about 15 minutes long (25%).  The first two presentations are topics related to the course.  Students can volunteer, or “be volunteered”, to do the presentations.  The last presentation is a term project, the topic of which is chosen by the students with the approval of the instructor.  Each presentation will be graded according to the following criteria: 40% PPT (visual material), and 60% of oral rendition of the presentation. The presentation is scheduled to be held on the 14th and 15th week.



2b. Term Paper 60％：



Students who choose to write a term paper will be expected to do an oral presentation (15%) on the 14th (or 15th) week, in Chinese or English on the subjects of their own choice.  The presentation is the preliminary work of their term paper.  The content of the presentation will include, but not limited to, the structure, major ideas, approaches (methodology), and references of the term paper. 



The term paper (45%) should follow the basic format of an academic paper.  Students can choose various styles such as MLA, APA, or the Chicago Manual of Style.  The term paper can be written in either Chinese or English, with a minimum length of 6000 Chinese characters or 8 pages (double-spaced, font 12, Times New Roman) in English.  The term paper is due midnight on January 13th (Saturday).


Textbook & Reference

Abi-Mershed, Osama. Trajectories of Education in the Arab World, 2010



Barakat, Halim, The Arab World Society, Culture, and State, 1993



Donohue, John, ed. Islam in Transition, 1982



Dudoignon, Stephane A. Intellectuals in the Modern Islamic World, 2006



Hourani, Albert. Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939, 1983



Kassab, Elizabeth Suzanne. Contemporary Arab Thought Cultural Critique in



Comparative Perspective, 2010



Kendall, Elisabeth, Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde, 2006



Khan, Mohammad Wasiullah, ed. Education and Society in the Muslim World, 1981



Laffin, John, The Arab Mind Considered, 1975



Patai, Raphael. The Arab Mind, 1973



Tahtawi, Rifa‘a Rafi‘, An Imam in Paris



Tibawi, A.L. Islamic Education, 1979



Vatikiotis, P.J., A History of Modern Egypt, fourth edition, 1991



Said, Edward. 《遮蔽的伊斯蘭》



鄭慧慈。《解讀阿拉伯：咖啡的故鄉，文學的國度》。台北：遠流，2017.


Urls about Course
http://english.ahram.org.eg/Index.aspx http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/ http://www.aljazeera.net/portal http://www.alarabiya.net/
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