METHODS AND CRITERIA OF LITERARY STUDIES OF NIGERIAN ARABIC LITERATURE IN THE THESES OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES 1970 TO 2010
METHODS AND CRITERIA OF LITERARY STUDIES OF NIGERIAN ARABIC LITERATURE IN THE THESES OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES 1970 TO 2010
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2019-08
Authors
UMAR, Hashim Sulaiman
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Abstract
This study investigated trends in empirical researches on the Nigerian –based
Arabic literary works in the Nigerian Universities. The scope of the study covered
researches conducted by Master’s and Ph.D. Arabic students in eight randomly
selected Nigerian Universities that offer Arabic Studies from 1970 to 2010.
Employing Content Analysis Research Technique, the general trends of such
researches pertaining to scope, designs, approaches and findings were thoroughly
analyzed. The results of the study revealed that most of the researches were
historical in approach thus came up with findings describing and analyzing the
historical evolution of Arabic literature in Nigeria but ignoring the social and
psychological frameworks of such works. The study further discovered that the
studies were mostly conducted on either the Arabic literary works of some particular
Arabic Scholars or in some other rare instances the general trends of the works. The
results however revealed that the researches were mostly carried out employing
traditional research methods at the detriment of modern research techniques; this
resulted into loss of many important data. The major themes and genre of such
studies covered both poetry and prose works trending and featuring the excellent
growth and fast development of Arabic literature in the country. In the same vein,
the study discovered that the researchers left a number of areas unexplored.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE
SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN
ARABIC LITERATURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
METHODS AND CRITERIA,, LITERARY STUDIES,, NIGERIAN ARABIC LITERATURE,, THESES OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS,, NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES 1970 TO 2010