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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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