Originally Posted by Hanyb33

I mean in Paper 2 the poetic verses is selected from which poet.

Originally Posted by shafiq uz zaman

dear aspirants of css 2012,
i am going to mention those topics which most likely in css 2012 according to the past papers of arabic.hope aspirants will get some help from these topics in forthcoming exame.
Pre-islamic era:
From pre-islamic era one question come in paper 1 and one in paper 2.
1: Condition of arab before advent of islam.
2: Characteristics of pre-islamic poetry.
3:al-naqad al adabi.
4:arab markets(aswaqs).
5:zahir-bin-salma .
6:hasan-bin-tabit.
Here are some other topics
1) pre-islamic poetry
a) origin an evolution of arabic
b) muallaqat
2) pre-islamic poets specially those of muallaqat


from adab-i-mahjar:
1:umer-abu-risha.
2:khalil_jibran.
3:characteristces of adab-i-mahjar(shumali-junubi).
There were some other personalities of mahjar such as
mekhael naeema
ailiya abu mazi ete
impacts of muhjari poets on the subsequent arabic literature
names of the books written by mahjari poets are also important for mcqs

quran:
1:impoartancs of qurran in understanding of arabic literature.
2:literary impact of qurran in subsequent literature.
The most important topic on quran is "the language of quran"

ummayad era:
1:poetry of ummayad era.
2:naqizza-khumriyat-madah-rijz-uzri ghazal.
Most important in this era is ghazal and rijz

abassi era:
1:al-jahiz.
2:abu-risha.
3:ibni-khaldoon.
3:poetry aspects in abassi era.
Salient feature, prose and other style of writing in arabic
ibn majha and alberoni
khumriyat as a whole (i.e ummayads, abbasides etc)

paper 2:
1:pre-islamic era(as i mentioned it).
2:taha-hussein.
Taufeeq-al-hakim.
3:ahmad shoqi.
4:abas mehmood al-aqad.
Modrn arabic literature/ literry trends i.e drama, short essay etc


other are :
1:abni-manzoor.
2:ghulam ali belgarami.
3:abu nawas.
4:umrul qais.
5:najib-mehfooz.
6:ibi-khaldon.
7:labeed-bin-rabiya.

L.