Pensum/l?ringskrav

The "landmark" texts (and pertinent reference literature) will be chosen, in agreement with participants' preferences, from among the following works:

• Khal¨©l al- Kh¨±r¨©, Way, idhan lastu bi-Ifranj¨©! (1859/60)
• Jurj¨© Zayd¨¡n, al-Maml¨±k al-sh¨¡rid (1891)
• Mu?ammad al- Muwayli?¨©, ?ad¨©th ??s¨¡ b  Hish¨¡m (1899/1907)
• Jubr¨¡n Khal¨©l Jubr¨¡n, ?ur¨¡kh al-qub¨±r (1908)
• Mu??af¨¡ Lu?f¨© al- Manfal¨±?¨©, al-Na?ar¨¡t (1910)
• Jubr¨¡n Khal¨©l Jubr¨¡n, al-Ajni?a al-mutakassira (1912)
• Mu?ammad ?usayn Haykal, Zaynab  (1913)
• Ma?m¨±d ?¨¡hir L¨¡sh¨©n, ?ad¨©th al-qarya (1929)
• ?¨¡h¨¡ ?usayn, al-Ayy¨¡m I (1929)
• Ma?m¨±d ?¨¡hir L¨¡sh¨©n, ?aww¨¡? bi-l¨¡ ?dam (1934)
• Tawf¨©q al- ?ak¨©m, Yawmiyy¨¡t n¨¡?ib f¨© ¡¯l-ary¨¡f (1937)
• Ya?y¨¡ ?aqq¨©, Qind¨©l Umm H¨¡shim  (1944 publ )
• Naj¨©b Ma?f¨±?,  Zuq¨¡q al-Midaqq (1947)
• Y¨±suf Idr¨©s, Arkha? lay¨¡l¨© (1953)
• ?Abd al-Ra?m¨¡n al- Sharq¨¡w¨©, al-Ar? (1953/54)
• Y¨±suf Idr¨©s, Jumh¨±riyyat Fara?¨¡t (1954)
• Naj¨©b Ma?f¨±?, Cairo Trilogy  (1956/1957)
• Layl¨¤ Ba?albakk¨©, An¨¡ a?y¨¡ (1958)
• Naj¨©b Ma?f¨±?, Awl¨¡d ?¨¡ritn¨¡  (1959)
• Naj¨©b Ma?f¨±?, Za?bal¨¡w¨©  (1961)
• Ghass¨¡n Kanaf¨¡n¨©, Die Kurzromane  (1963 ¨C 1970)
• Zakar¨©y¨¡ T¨¡mir, al-Thalj ¨¡khir al-layl (1963)
• Layl¨¤ Ba?albakk¨©, Saf¨©nat ?an¨¡n il¨¡ ¡¯l-qamar (1963)
• Y¨±suf al- Sh¨¡r¨±n¨©, al-Zi?¨¡m (1963)
• ?un?all¨¡h Ibr¨¡h¨©m, Tilka ¡¯l-r¨¡?i?a (1965/66)
• Naj¨©b Ma?f¨±?, Tharthara fawq al-N¨©l  (1966)
• al-?ayyib ?¨¡li?, Mawsim al-hijra il¨¡ l-?im¨¡l  (1966)
• Naj¨©b Ma?f¨±?, Ta?t al-mi?alla (1967)
• Y¨±suf Idr¨©s, Bayt min la?m (1971)
• Tawf¨©q Y¨±suf ?Aww¨¡d, ?aw¨¡?¨©n Bayr¨±t  (1972)
• Jam¨¡l al- Gh¨©?¨¡n¨©, al-Zayn¨© Barak¨¡t  (1974)
• Em¨©l ?ab¨©b¨©, Al-Waq¨¡?i? al-?aj¨©ba f¨© khtif¨¡? Sa?¨©d Ab¨© ¡¯Na?s al-Mutash¨¡?il   (1974)
• Zakar¨©y¨¡ T¨¡mir, Yawma gha?iba Jingh¨©z Kh¨¡n (1979)
• ?an¨¡n al- Shaykh, ?ik¨¡yat Zahra  (1980)
• ?un?all¨¡h Ibr¨¡h¨©m, al-Lajna  (1981)
• Mu?ammad Shukr¨©, al-Khubz al-?¨¡f¨©  (1982)
• Idw¨¡r al- Kharr¨¡?, Tur¨¡buh¨¡ za?far¨¡n  (1985)
• ?un?all¨¡h Ibr¨¡h¨©m, Dh¨¡t  (1992)
• ?an¨¡n al- Skhaykh, Aknus al-shams min fawq al-su?¨±? (1994)
• ?Al¨¡? al- Asw¨¡n¨©, ?Im¨¡rat Ya?q¨±biy¨¡n  (2002)
• Raj¨¡? ?Abdall¨¡h al- S¨¡ni?, Ban¨¡t al-Riy¨¡?  (2005)
• Y¨±suf Zayd¨¡n, ?Az¨¡z¨©l (2006)
• Mu?ammad Rab¨©?, ?U?¨¡rid (2015)