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The Literary Criticism Basics Program aims to provide the trainee with a solid understanding of critical concepts and tools for analyzing texts, whether poetic, narrative, or contemporary. The program serves as an initial gateway for anyone wishing to enter the world of criticism and to develop a conscious critical perspective capable of reading texts in depth.

The program offers a comprehensive curriculum that combines theory with practical application, allowing the trainee to dissect a text, study its structure, techniques, and symbols, and then reconstruct it critically by understanding the cultural and intellectual context. It also provides practical workshops for analyzing Arabic and global literary examples to enhance critical skills.

The program is intended for writers, literature students, culture enthusiasts, and content creators who wish to gain a deeper understanding of texts and develop sound critical readings.

Program Key Points

1 – Introduction to Literary Criticism

• Definition and objectives of literary criticism.
• The development of criticism in Arab and Western history.
• The difference between aesthetic appreciation, impression, and scientific criticism.

2 – Core Critical Approaches

• Structural criticism and analyzing the internal structure of texts.
• Stylistic criticism and the study of language and composition.
• Psychological criticism and its connection to the author’s emotional state.
• Social criticism and the cultural context of the text.

3 – Tools of the Literary Critic

• How to conduct an initial analytical reading of a text.
• Text analysis tools: themes, symbols, characters, time, and language.
• How to relate the text to its cultural and historical context.

Critical Analysis Skills

This section is designed to enhance the trainee’s ability to read literary and intellectual texts deeply and with full awareness. Trainees learn how to break texts down into their core elements, understand symbols, themes, characters, and linguistic styles, and relate them to historical and cultural contexts. It also emphasizes distinguishing between explicit and implicit meanings and evaluating text quality according to precise critical standards.

The section provides practical exercises for analyzing poetry, narrative, and contemporary texts, develops critical thinking skills, and teaches how to write clear and sound critical readings. This enables trainees to develop a comprehensive critical perspective and gives them the confidence to handle any literary or cultural text professionally and skillfully.

• Extracting deep meanings within a text.
• Distinguishing between explicit and implicit meanings.
• Evaluating text quality according to clear critical standards.