Ma'na is not the same as “meaning” at all; it is its own story.
At this point in history, a focus on literature as an object of study is informed by administrative and pedagogical necessities.
Wittgenstein’s theory of language provides a good methodology for making sense of maʿna in Classical Arabic.
Did the 'lady in the lake' motif of Arthurian legends make it to Castilian via an Arabic chivalric tradition?
Homage to a renowned Egyptian novelist whose work resonates both in Egypt and abroad.
The first example of chivalric romance in the Iberian Peninsula was written in Arabic.
What has happened since the first Comparative Literature hires were made in Arabic over the last few decades?
English-Language Resources for Arabic Poetics
Arabic poetics—the theories of criticism of poetry and eloquence in classical (mediaeval) Arabic scholarship—has a great deal to offer the contemporary reader and critic.