Arabic

CAS LY 111, 112 - Elementary Modern Arabic

The essentials of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

CAS LY 211, 212 - Second-Year Modern Arabic

Completes the process of presenting the basic structures of modern formal Arabic, concentrating on weak verb forms, more complicated sentence formation, and more sophisticated expression in speech and writing. Vocabulary expansion and better root-pattern identification skills are also stressed.

Prereq: CAS LY 112

CAS LY 214 - Levantine Arabic

To enhance oral communicative ability in colloquial Levantine Arabic. Introduces vocabulary, grammatical features, and cultural skills essential for informal communication with speakers of Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian Arabic.

Prereq: CAS LY 112

Section	Instructor
A1	Khoury

CAS LY 284 - Arabs Write War: Poetry, Prose, and Drama Since 1948 (in English translation)

Depiction of recent wars (may include 1948, 1967, Lebanese Civil War, 1991 Gulf War, Iraq War, "war on terror") in Arabic novels, poems, plays, and memoirs. Readings in English.

Section	Instructor
A1	Litvin

CAS LY 303, 304 - Third-Year Modern Arabic

Advanced reading, composition, grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect.

Prereq: CAS LY 212

Section	Instructor
LY 303 A1	Bekkai
LY 304 A1	Bekkai

CAS LY 404 - Advanced Arabic 2

Advanced conversation and composition course in conjunction with the study of famous literary and cinematographic works of the Arabic-speaking world.

Prereq: CAS LY 304

Section	Instructor
A1	Bekkai

CAS LY 441 - 1001 Nights

What is The Thousand and One Nights? How has this ever-expanding collection appealed to its diverse audiences? Focus on Nights structure and themes, notable translations and offshoots in western literature and art, and later appropriations by Arab and Muslim writers.

Prereq: two literature courses or consent of instructor.

Section	Instructor
A1	Litvin