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Department Strategy

mission

The founding of the department of Arabic language and literature is associated with the founding of the University of Jordan, thus it is not surprising that the first chairman of the department, Professor Nassir al-Din al-Asad, was also the first president of the University of Jordan. Since its beginnings, the department of Arabic has represented the essence of a long-standing university tradition, where the concept of the university’s ‘will’ is manifested in the fact that all decision-making processes are handled by several councils and boards within the university; beginning with departmental boards, faculty boards, and ending with several university boards and councils. Needless to mention, all these councils and boards comprise faculty members, which makes this tradition, in addition to other factors, responsible for endowing the department and the university the distinguished rank they together enjoy.

Vision

To study the branches of Arabic language and literature in a scientific manner, following rigorous methodological plans that align with the developments of the modern age, and that activate the roles entrusted to an ancient language and a literature that embodies human values, thus enriching the Arab and Islamic nations with learners and researchers who possess the cognitive competencies and linguistic and cultural skills necessary to realize the mission of the Arabic language.

Goals

The department carries out its academic programs and study and research plans to achieve several objectives, the most prominent of which are: 1. Developing knowledge in the various branches and levels of the Arabic language, the eras and genres of Arabic literature, and the methodologies of research, and reflection on linguistic phenomena and their sciences, as well as the styles and criticism of literature, both classical and modern. 2. Providing Jordanian, Arab, and global communities with specialists in Arabic language and literature to meet the essential needs of education, learning, media, society, and human culture. 3. Consolidating a rigorous and well-founded scientific methodology among researchers in the various branches and levels of the Arabic language, as well as in Arabic literature and its genres. 4. Establishing an interdisciplinary knowledge framework among students enrolled in the department’s programs and its graduates, to foster the necessary awareness of the interrelations between Arabic language and literature and other related fields such as history, psychology, and sociology. 5. Producing sound scientific research that addresses the fundamental issues of the Arabic language and discusses the questions of Arabic literature, classical and modern, to connect them with the broader civilizational context of the Arab and Islamic nations.