Teaching literary texts through analyzing the elements of the Qur’anic story The story of Joseph is an example

Abstract

Teaching Arabic as a second language is very important due to the great benefits it. By studying it, people are able to enrich their linguistic wealth, which ultimately leads them to proficiency and mastery of it. Teaching literary texts should not be limited to memorizing literary texts of poetry and prose only. Rather, it must extend to formulate sentences and phrases contained within a context and accustoming them to sound literary taste. The Qur’anic materials can be used in teaching literary texts. It is renewal of the Arabs artistic concepts of literature and what branches from it, because it contradicted what the Arabs were accustomed to at that time in poetry and prose, in addition to being one of the Qur’an’s means of conveying the call and establishing it in people’s understandings. In this context I have tried to focus on the importance of Qur’anic text to understand the Arabic literary text. The article has presented five key sections along with necessary discussions. This research has followed the descriptive and analytical methods. It is expected that, through this research the learners will be able to get a guide line for Arabic literary skills.