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THEATRE STUDIES IN ARABIC
Model Syllabus
UGC National Workshop
on designing New Courses in Arabic
6-8 January, 2015
Department of Arabic, Govt. College, Kasaragod
Dr. N. Shamnad
Dept. of Arabic, University College, Thiruvananthapuram
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Theatre Studies in Arabic: Model Syllabus
Course Title
: Theatre Studies in Arabic
No. of Credits
:4
No. of Contact Hours
: 85
Theatre Studies in Arabic: Model Syllabus
Aim of the Course :
The course aims at guiding the students to the world of drama and
theatre arts with special focus on the Arab world. The course
explores the ways the theatre event has been conceived and reconceived throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the
Arab World, specifically as it parallels the history of the cultural
modernism in the Arab World.
Objectives of the Course:
1. To appreciate and analyse the dramatic elements in World
literature
2. To know the basic differences between traditional dramatic forms
and modern theatre in Arabic
3. To estimate the scope and function of drama in modern Arabic
literature
4. To understand the distinct features of Arabic drama
5. To trace the development of theatre arts in the Arab world
Course Outline
A. General Study:
Module - I : Drama and Theatre Theories: East & West
• Drama: Form, Elements, Types, Various Styles of
Drama in the context of various isms. and Approaches
to Theatre
• Basic Concepts of Theatre: East and West
• Different schools of acting – Greek to Modern period
• Evolution of theatre in India and Kerala.
• Art and Theatre Movements, concepts and Ideas:
Classicism, Realism, Expressionism, Impressionism, Neorealism, Socialist Realism, Surrealism, Dadaism,
Existentialism, Epic Theatre, Children’s Theatre, Street
Theatre, Theatre of the Absurd, Black theatre, Feminist
theatre, Theatre of the Oppressed, Third theatre, Ethnic
theatre and Dalit theatre, Environmental theatre, Avant-garde
theatre, Experimental theatre
• World Theatre Personalities and play wrights: Sophocles,
Kalidasan, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Aton Chekhov, George
Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Brecht, Peter
Brook, Grotovsky, Uptal Dutt, Girish Karnad, Safdar Hashmi,
K. T. Mohamed, C. J. Thomas, Kavalam Narayana Panicker
Module II: Evolution of Drama & Theatre in the Arab World
• Arab Legacy of dramatic forms: Khayal al-Dhill, ‘Aashura’
• Origin and development of modern drama and theatre in the
Arab world
• Western influence and Early theatre
• Contribution of Christian Arab theatre groups in Beirut and
Damascus : Marun al-Naqqash, Abu Khalil al-Qabbani
• Emergence of Egyptian national theatre and Ya'qub Sanu'
• Early Pioneers: Farah Anton, Ibrahim Ramzi, Mahmoud
Taymour, Ali Ahmad Ba Kathir
• Verse drama in Arabic: Ahmad Shawqi, Aziz Abaza, Umar
Abu Risha, Salah Abd al-Sabur
• The advent of theatre troupes in the Arab countries: George
Abyad
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Tawfiq al-Hakim and Arabic prose drama
Arabic play after Tawfiq al-Hakim
Debate of Language and Colloquial plays
Islamic plays
Voice of Women in Arab Theatre
Children’s Theatre, Puppetry, Dance and Music Theatre in
Arabic
• Arab theatre in various Arab countries - Egypt, Levant, Iraq,
Maghreb and Arabian Gulf : Structure of National Theatre,
Artistic Profile, Companies, Troupes and Personalities,
Theatre Literature and Criticism
Modern Contemporary Theatre and Drama Personalities:
• Egypt: Najib Surur, Nu’aman Ashur, Alfred Faraj, Mikha’il Ruman,
Sa’d al-Din Wahba
• Iraq: Ibrahim Jalal, Haqqi al-Shibli, Muhsin al-Azzawi
• Syria: Sa’dalla Wannous, Waleed Ikhlas, Ahmad Qablawi
• Palestine: Gassan Kanafani, Mo’in Bisisou, Fateh Azzam
• Lebanon: Issm Mahfouz, Unsi al-Hajj, Jalal Khouri
• Morocco: Abdul Salam al-Habib, Muhammed Balheesy, Yehya
Bu-Dalal
• Tunisia: Tawfiq al-Jabali, Ahmad Khayruddin, Izzuddin al-Madani
• Saudi Arabia: Abdulla al-Abbasi, Abdul Rahman al-Hameed
• Sudan: Asiya Abdul Majeed, Ni’mat Hammad, Khalid Abdul
Rahman
• UAE: Abdul Rahman al-Salih, Ahmad Rashid al-Thani
B. Detailed Study:
Module – III : Reading Drama in Arabic
Detailed study of the following Arabic drama portions:
1. II Scene of Last Act from the play "al-Malik Awdib" by
Tawfiq al-Hakim
2. II Scene of II Act (al-Mawt) from the verse drama “Ma’sath
al Khallaj” by Salah Abd al-Sabur, 2006. Cairo: Darl
Shuruq
3. The drama “Imamun Azim" by Ali Ahmad Ba Kathir, taken
from Rahmatullah, A.I., (2009), Fi Fada'il Khayal, Ed. II,
Calicut: Al Huda Books, PP 300-307.
Books for Reference
1. Rubin, Don, (1999), The World Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Theatre, Vol. 4:
The Arab World, London: Routledge
2. Rubin, Don, (2001), World Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe,
London: Routledge
3. Rubin, Don, (2001), World Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Theatre:
Asia/Pacific, London: Routledge
4. Ra’i, Ali, (1999), Al-Masrah fi al-Watan al-Arabi, ‘Aalamul Ma’rifa series, No.
248, Ed. 2, August 1999, Kuwait: al-Majlis al-Watani
5. Najam, Muhammed Yusuf, al-Masrahiyya fi al-Adab al-Arabi al-Hadith: 18471914, Beirut: Darul Thaqafa
6. Abu Hayf, Abdullah (2002), al-Masrah al-Arabi al-Mua’sir, Damascus: Arab
Writers Union
7. Dasuqi, Umar, al-Masrahiyya: Nash’atuha wa Tarikhuha wa Usuluha, Beirut:
Dar al-Fikr al-Arabi
8. Haykal, Ahmad (1983), Tatawwur al-Adab al-Hadith fi Misr: 1798-1939, Ed. 4,
Cairo: Darul Ma’arif
9. Haykal, Ahmad (1983), al-Adab al-Qasasi wa al-Masrahi fi Misr: 1919-1939, Ed.
4, Cairo: Darul Ma’arif
10. Mandur, Muhammed, Fil Masrah al-Misri al-Mu’asir, Cairo: Dar al-Nahda
Books for Reference
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Mandur, Muhammed (2004), Fil Masrah al-Aalami, Cairo: Nahdatu Misr
Mandur, Muhammed (2004), Masrah Tawfiq al-Hakim, Cairo: Nahdatu Misr
Mandur, Muhammed (2005), Masrahiyyatu Shawqi, Cairo: Nahdatu Misr
Sulayha, Nihad (1997), al-Tayyarat al-Masrahiyya al-Mu’asira, Cairo: Dar alSahwa
Salama, Madiha Iwad (2011), Masrahu BaKathir: Dirasa Naqdiyya, Cairo:
Nahdatu Misr
Shawkat, Mahmud Hamid (1970), al-Fann al-Masrahiyy fi al-Adab al-Arabi alHadith, Ed 3, Cairo: Dar al-Fikr al-Arabi
Qutt, Abdul Qadir (1978), Min Funun al-Adab: al-Masrahiyya, Beirut: Dar alNahda
Kilani, Najib, Hawla al-Masrah al-Islami, Mu’assasa al-Risala
Meisami, Julie & Starkey, Paul,(1998), Encyclopaedia of Arabic Literature, Vol
II, London: Routledge
Ahmad Kutty, E.K., (1997), Arabi Sahityam, Islamika Vijnana Kosham, Vol II,
Islamic Publishing House, Calicut
Books for Reference
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al-Subail and others, (2002), Tarikh Cambridge li al-Adab al-Arabi al-Hadith,
Jiddah: al-Nadi al-Adabi al-Thaqafi.
al-Khatib, Imad ali Salim, (2009), Fi al-Adab al-Hadith wa Naqdihi, Jordan:
Dar al-Masira.
Brown, John Russell (1995), The Oxford illustrated History of Theatre, Oxford
University Press.
Counsell, Colin (1996), Signs of Performance: An Introduction to Twentieth
Century Theatre; 1 Edition, London: Routledge.
Brook, Peter (1995), The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly,
Holy, Rough, Immediate, Touchstone
Brandon, James R. (1997), The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre,
Cambridge University Press
Scheme of Question Papers
• Objective type questions - 10
• Short answer type - 10 out of 15
• Short note writing on Theatre
and Personalities – 6 out of 9
• Explanatory notes from Module III
– 6 out of 9
• Essay from Module II – 2 out of 4
10 x 1 = 10 Marks
10 x 2 = 20 Marks
3 x 5 = 15 Marks
3 x 5 = 15 Marks
2 x 10 = 20 Marks
‫شكرا‬
Dr. N. Shamnad
Dept. of Arabic, University College, Thiruvananthapuram