The course expands students to knowledge of female contributions to Arabic literature from the early days until now.
One of the first steps is to analyze the women or deities of oriens christianus arabicus in pre-islamic times.
The second part will analyse the Qur’ān and the female transmission of Ḥadīths, even though they introduced into Islam images of women as ‘‘morally and religiously defective’’.
In modern times, it is not generally known that Arab women have been writing and publishing fiction since the end of the nineteenth century. Having said that, the majority of the course will be devoted to the recent events.
A particular emphasis will be placed on a literary genre little known in Italy: the Arabic drama through women’s eyes.
The Program, References or Selected Bibliography are the same for all students. For non-attendants, it is preferable to contact the teacher for additional materials, or other.