Reading: Viola Shafik, Arab Cinema, pp. 47-91.
• Discuss three major forms\elements of popular theater that impacted Arab films.
• What are the functions of the space in Arab cinema?
• There are a few cases in which literary Arabic is used in Arab films instead of colloquial Arabic. Discuss two genres in which literary Arabic is used.
• Identify two types of symbolism used in Arab cinema and discuss how they differ from each other.
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