Under the patronage of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Musa Rababa, and in the presence of several professors from the Department of Modern Languages/French, a number of students participated in the activities of the Goncourt competition (n°12) with the support of the Agence Universitaire Francophone, which this year focuses on the reading and criticism of eight novels written in French in 2022.
Mr Loris Vivarly from the French Embassy and Ms Celina from the French Institute confirmed their willingness to support and encourage the participating students, as the Goncourt competition is a unique experience of cultural and civilisational communication between students from different universities.
Dr. Rababah stated that this activity represents a form of fruitful and constructive cooperation between the French Embassy and the Faculty of Arts, and he called on students to participate in such competitions because of their impact on the refinement of language skills and the acquisition of human knowledge, which would allow for constructive cultural interaction.
Mamoun Alshtaiwi (the university's representative to the Francophone University Agency), said that the students received the selected novels via the French Embassy in Amman. The students will read them and they will be ranked according to the standards and criteria of modern literature, pointing out that more than 33 universities participate in this event every year. By choosing the best novel written in French, with the support of the Middle East Office of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, and the French Embassy in Amman.
The meeting was attended by Professor Hussein Al-Ruhail, Head of the Modern Languages Department, and a number of faculty members from the department, as well as students from the Modern Languages Department/French Language Major.