REFERENCE TEXTS FOR THE ATTENDING:
1) For the part of Arab-Muslim culture, one of the following texts:
- M. Ruthven, Islam, Einaudi, Milan, 1999;
- P. Branca, The Muslims, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016;
- W. Montgomery Watt, Brief History of Islam, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2001 (or other texts, after consultation with the teacher).
For further information:
- A. Hourani, History of the Arab peoples, Mondadori, Milan, 1998;
- C. Lo Jacono, Muhammad, Laterza Editions, Rome-Bari, 2011;
- C. Lo Jacono, History of the Islamic World (VII-XVI century), Einaudi, Turin, 2003;
- P. Branca, Il Corano, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2016;
- A. Bausani, L'Islam, Garzanti, Milan, 1999;
- The Koran. Introduction, translation and comment by A. Bausani, (any edition), pp. Eighteenth-LXXIX;
- P. G. Donini, The Islamic world. Brief history of the sixteenth century to today, Laterza, Bari, 2007;
2) For the literature part:
- D. Amaldi, History of Classical Arabic Literature, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2004 (at choice only one of the following chapters: I or III or IV).
REFERENCE TEXTS FOR NON-ATTENDANTS:
- The Koran. Introduction, translation and comment by A. Bausani, (any edition), pp. Eighteenth-LXXIX.
- M. Ruthven, Islam, Einaudi, Milan, 1999.
-D. Amaldi, History of Classical Arabic Literature, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2004, (all text).
