This book aims to provide theoretical and practical scientific material for undergraduate students, consolidating key concepts in this field. It presents educational content that combines concise theorization of critical methods with practical application, enabling the trainee student to practice critical analysis on Arabic texts, whether poetry or prose.

The book traces the historical and artistic development of critical theories through a thorough and analytical perspective. It begins with the metaphysical view of creativity in the theory of mimesis (Plato and Aristotle), moves through contextual approaches that consider the text a document (historical, social, psychological), and then shifts to internal approaches that view the text as a masterpiece (Russian Formalism, New Criticism). It also covers approaches that examine the text as a network of relationships (Structuralism), post-structuralist methods that call for deconstructing the text (Deconstruction), Semiotics which views the text as a sign, and finally, reader-response theories and their developments, which have opened up broad horizons for interpretation.

• Author: Prof. Dr. Bassam Qattous
• Publisher: Dar Fadaat
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First
• Number of Pages: 238