ARABIC LITERATURE AND EUROPEAN CULTURE

Competencies and objectives

Course context for academic year 2022-23
Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2022-23

Course context for academic year 2022-23

Esta asignatura se consagra a la explicación de las relaciones históricas e intertextuales entre la literatura árabe clásica y la cultura europea medieval y moderna. La presente asignatura, dirigida a alumnos que no han cursado el Grado en Estudios Árabes e Islámicos dentro del itinerario nº 5 disponible para el resto de alumnos de los grados de Filología, se complementa con otras asignaturas que desde el Grado se han dirigido a alumnos no arabistas (29610. Literatura árabe clásica), así como con las de otros Grados que se ocupan de Literatura Medieval (30110. Introducción a la Literatura catalana Medieval; 31535. Literatura Española de la Edad media; 31042. Literatura Inglesa Medieval; 30053. Literatura Catalana medieval y Literaturas Europeas).

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

DEGREE IN ARABIC & ISLAMIC STUDIES

General Competences (CG)

CG1 : Ability to gather and manage information that allows life-long learning.
CG10 : Relate Arabic Studies with Philology and other disciplines, as well as work in interdisciplinary teams in national and international contexts.
CG11 : Appreciate diversity, plurilingualism and multiculturalism in modern society.
CG12 : Respect fundamental rights and promote democratic values, equality of men and women, equal opportunities and universal accessibility for the disabled and the values of peaceful culture.
CG2 : Capacity to put the knowledge acquired into practice.
CG3 : Capacity to plan and manage time.
CG4 : Capacity to learn and work both autonomously and in a team.
CG5 : Capacity for self criticism that encourages concern for quality and continuous improvement.
CG6 : Interpret, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information scientifically and critically.
CG7 : Make decisions, solve problems and adapt to new situations.
CG8 : Generate new ideas, design and manage projects with initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit.
CG9 : Transmit knowledge of one's disciplines, prepare and defend arguments and present problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Specific Competences (CE)

CE1 : Understand the key theories of the disciplines associated with Arab and Islamic Studies and apply them in practice to be able to operate appropriately in the different professional profiles accessible through the degree qualification or undertake further studies with a high level of autonomy.
CE10 : Understand the original space of Islam, its expansion and the basic points of reference regarding religion and historical and social evolution in Islamic and its host societies, to understand and interpret the different cultural, literary, artistic and philosophical materials produced by Islamic culture.
CE11 : Interpret the social and political history of the Arab world to understand and interpret the role of social and political phenomena in the construction of classical and contemporary thinking.
CE5 : Capacity to interpret, produce and develop academic descriptions and arguments and/or technical reports related to the professional contexts that can be accessed with the degree qualification.
CE7 : Understand the characteristics and evolution of literature in the Arabic language to understand the role of its manifestations in building classical and contemporary literary thinking and assess its impact on the Arab social context and its relationship with other literatures.
CE8 : Identify literary currents, their categories, concepts and nomenclature as a tool to analyse and criticise literary texts in Arabic.
CE9 : Analyse and interpret historical, geographical, religious and scientific texts and discourses in Arabic, using appropriate techniques for analysis.

Transversal Competences

CGUA2 : Be able to use basic ICT tools at user level.
CGUA3 : Be able to express oneself correctly in one of the two official languages of the Region of Valencia in one's discipline.

DEGREE IN CATALAN STUDIES

General Competences (CG)

CG1 : Capacity to master the key theories, perspectives and conceptualisations for constructing the theoretical framework of linguistic and literary disciplines applied to Catalan language and literature as an expert on the subject and in different professional profiles.
CG2 : Capacity to understand the role of language in the construction of human beings as active members of a linguistic and cultural community and relate this to the function of individuals in society.
CG3 : Capacity to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques.
CG4 : Capacity to manage and use the resources provided by the information and communications technologies and apply those to the language and literature industries.
CG5 : Ability to understand the main stages, movements, writers and works of the literature of the second language.

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

CGUA2 : Ability to use basic ICT tools at user level.
CGUA3 : Ability to communicate effectively and have linguistic understanding of one of the two official languages of the Region of Valencia (Spanish or Catalan) in their discipline.

Specific Competences (CE)

CE1 : Capacity to communicate in the Catalan language in communicative situations (oral and written), allowing fluid communication in the professional and academic areas in which the student will be working in the future, taking into account his/her knowledge of the historical, social, cultural and artistic reality of his/her context.
CE10 : Capacity to use the pertinent resources and materials for self-learning (bibliographies, dictionaries, reference works, terminological works, tutorials, new technologies) and transmit the information in the Catalan language.
CE11 : Be able to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques, formulate working hypotheses, demonstrate them with arguments and reach conclusions, as well as recognise and ensure the textual coherence (structure of the text, organisation of ideas, progression of information, use of keywords), to explain and argue any subject related to Catalan language and literature, thus achieving the role of expert, transmitter and adviser regarding the knowledge acquired.
CE9 : Capacity to identify the currents of literary criticism, their categories, concepts and nomenclature as a key factor in the development of the capacity to criticise and analyse text (literary, cinematographic, advertising), as regards the creative manifestation and reflection of the sociocultural context.

DEGREE IN SPANISH: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

Generic Degree Course Competences

CG2 : Capacity to understand the role of language in the construction of human beings as active members of linguistic and cultural communities and relate it to the function of individuals in society.
CG3 : Be able to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques.

Generic UA Competences

CUA1 : Understand and express oneself in one's discipline in a language other than the two official languages of the Region of Valencia.
CUA2 : Be able to use basic ICT tools at user level.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Conceptual

CC15 : Understand the main stages, movements, writers and works of literature in the second language.
CC5 : Capacity to communicate in the language of the speciality (Spanish) and in a second language in oral and written situations to enable fluid communication in the future professional and/or academic contexts the student will be involved with in the future.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Procedural

CP19 : Capacity to identify currents of literary criticism, their categories, concepts and anomenclature, as a basic tool for developing the ability to analyse and criticise text (literary, cinematographic, advertising, etc.), as regards the creative manifestation and reflection of the sociocultural context.
CP20 : Capacity to use the pertinent materials and resources: bibliographic repertories, dictionaries, works of reference, critical editions, translations and ICTs as an independent learner able to control one's own learning process and make the corresponding independent progress.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Attitude

CA22 : Be able to value and take advantage of multilingualism and multiculturalism as a social agent participating in the construction of a plural and tolerant society on the basis of the multicultural configuration of the Spanish-speaking world.
CA23 : Be able to show a critical and self-critical attitude during the learning process.
CA24 : Capacity to demonstrate social commitment to the equality of men and women, the plural and diverse nature of modern society, peace and democracy.

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2022-23