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Arabian Literature

The document provides an overview of the literature of Saudi Arabia. It discusses the country's geography, history, cultural traditions, and historical periods that shaped its literary development. Key topics mentioned include the origins of Arabs along the Persian Gulf coast, the rise of Islam and importance of the Quran, cultural practices like storytelling and fasting during Ramadan, and historical periods that saw the rise of genres like prose, rhymed prose, and occasional poems. Famous works that emerged include One Thousand and One Nights and stories by Kahlil Gibran.

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Arabian Literature

The document provides an overview of the literature of Saudi Arabia. It discusses the country's geography, history, cultural traditions, and historical periods that shaped its literary development. Key topics mentioned include the origins of Arabs along the Persian Gulf coast, the rise of Islam and importance of the Quran, cultural practices like storytelling and fasting during Ramadan, and historical periods that saw the rise of genres like prose, rhymed prose, and occasional poems. Famous works that emerged include One Thousand and One Nights and stories by Kahlil Gibran.

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The Literature of Saudi


Arabia

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INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Instruction: In the following rows, words


are jumbled up on the left hand side and
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into a proper word.
The Literature of Saudi
Arabia
Arabian Geography
01 - Found in the Middle East between the Persian
Gulf and the Red Sea.

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Riyadh, the capital, is located in the central ea
stern part of the country.
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History Of Saudi
Arabia
History Of Saudi Arabia

Arabs originated on the descendants o


f indigenous tribes and lived along the
Persian Gulf coast.

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ARABS
MUHAMMAD

He is known as the "Holy Prophet"


to Muslims, almost all of whom con
sider him to be the final prophet of
God.
ISLAM
Quran/Koran

It is the sacred scripture of


Islam

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Sacred scripture.
114 suras or chapters
6,236 ayat or verses
Cultures and Traditions

PORK LARGE, EXTENDED


01  is considered 04 FAMILIES
live together, and
unclean nepotism is encouraged.
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION STORYTELLING
02 nightlife are forbidden. 05 Another favorite form o
f artistic expression.

SAUDI ARABIAN WOMEN RAMADAN


03  cover their bodies in 06 The holiest season
abaya marks fasting.
HISTORICAL PERIODS

Umayyad Empire
Arabic Prose Literature – grammatical
treatise, commentaries on the Quran
and compiling of stories about
Muhammad.
. 3

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HISTORICAL PERIODS

Abbasid Empire
“One thousand and One Nights” –
also called as the Arabian Nights. It is
the collection of Middle Eastern South
Asian stories and folk tales.
3

04
HISTORICAL PERIODS

Modern Period
Nahdah –means “reawakening”

Saj or rhymed prose – most striking


characteristics feature of Arabic prose.
3

04
HISTORICAL PERIODS

Golden Age or Arabic Prose


Mora – interactive and assuring
anecdotes.

Occasional Poems – 2 to 20 lines;


theme – about3 war and revenge and
praise of one’s own tribe.
04
Stories

The Quran
The Arabian Nights
The Lady and her five Suitors Love by Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
The Twelve Apostle
Bewildered Arab
The Food of Paradise
The Greedy Jackal
Count not your chicken before they hatched
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