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Level B2
Literary Criticism
10 words · ~15 min
Grammar focus
Literary criticism vocabulary and analytical expressions (يَرمِزُ إِلى، يُعَبِّرُ عَن)
Cultural note
Naguib Mahfouz (1988 Nobel Prize) pioneered the Arabic novel. Modern Arabic literature spans from social realism to experimental forms.
Sample words from this lesson
اِقْتَبَسَ
iqtabasa
to quote / to borrow (literary)
قَصِيدَة
qaṣīda
poem / ode
دِيوَان
dīwān
poetry collection / anthology
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