Personal Information

 Professor

Department of  Arabic Language

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Contact Information

Phone: 6952000 Ext. 63393

Email: halharthy@kau.edu.sa

Helala Saad Al-Harthy

 Professor

Profile

Professor of Modern Literature (Narratives), Doctorate in Modern Literature from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University with a grade of (excellent) with first class honors and an average of (4.99) for the year 1435 AH.
 
Member of the Social Development and Family Affairs Committee in the local council of Jeddah Governorate. She received the Shield of Excellence from Her Highness Princess Al-Jawhara at the bachelor’s degree ceremony, and the Shield of Excellence from Her Royal Highness Princess Seetah Bait Abdullah Al Saud at the master’s degree ceremony.

Education

  • 2004

    Bachelor degree from Department of Arabic LanguageCollege of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009

    Master degree from Department of Arabic LanguageCollege of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014

    Doctorate degree from Department of LiteratureFaculty of Arabic Language, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية

Employment

  • 2004-2015

    Teaching Assistant, King AbdulAzizi University, , المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2015-2019

    Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2019-2023

    Associate Professor, King AbdulAziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2023-حاليا

    professor, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Supervision of master’s theses and doctoral theses:
* Textual thresholds in the Saudi novel: Munther Al-Qabbani’s novels as an example. Student: Al-Ghaida bint Mansour Al-Mansour (Master’s).
* Fantasia in the theatrical texts by Malha Abdullah. Student: Fatima bint Saleh Al-Baradi. (PhD).
* The poetics of the image in the Saudi poetic prose poem: Ahmed Al-Mulla as a model. Student: Maryam bint Abdo Hadidi (PhD).
* The intersection of genres in the literature of intellectual biography: the biography of Hammadi Samoud as an example. Student: Iman bint Ajyan Al-Sanani. (PhD).
* Employing popular heritage and myth in theatrical texts by Fahd Rada and Muhammad Al-Othaim. Student: Samira Bint Rada Al-Harithi. (PhD).
* Thematic studies on Abdo Khal’s novel works: a study in criticism. Student: Amira bint Humaid Al-Ghamdi. (PhD).
* Semiotics of the literary personality in Saudi theatre. Student: Maria bint Bakr Sandaqji. (PhD).
 
Supervising research projects in the Master of Theater Literature program:
* The impact of digital school theater on building metacognitive skills for female secondary school students in the city of Jeddah. Student: Hoda Bint Ali Haddadi.
* The role of the curriculum dramatization strategy in enhancing the basic skills of female general education students in the city of Jeddah, (My Eternal Language) as a model. Student: Amal bint Abdullah Al-Buqami.
* Abdullah’s urgency between leadership and theater. Student: Hind bint Humaid Al-Rifai.
* Private theatre: influence and trends: How Theater as a model. Student: Afnan bint Khaled Mandoura.
* Children’s Theater in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region. Student: Shawqia bint Muhammad Al-Ansari.
* Theatrical festivals of culture and arts associations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The two students: Arwa bint Ahmed Al-Ghamdi and Najla bint Ali Asiri.
* The role of school theater in strengthening values and developing awareness for female primary school students in Jeddah Governorate from the point of view of their teachers. Student: Shouq bint Abed Al-Mutairi.
* The impact of children’s theater in promoting moral values from the point of view of Saudi theater writers. Student: Rahma bint Ahmed Al-Omari.
* Playwrights in the Eastern Province: influences and transformations. Student Bayan bint Muhammad Al-Zahrani.
* The role of puppet theater in promoting social behaviors in kindergarten from the point of view of teachers. The two students: Asmaa bint Mubarak Al-Ghamdi and Shahad bint Ibrahim Banjar.

Scientific interests

- Narratives
 
- Novels
 
- Art and theater
 
- Horror literature

Courses

Pre-Islamic Literature 231 ARAB
Saudi literature 436 ARAB
Modern Literature 438 ARAB
Literary studies 157 ARAB
Language skills 101 ARAB
Written editing 201 ARAB
Literature of early Islam and the Umayyads 232 ARAB
Writing industry 293 ARAB
Abbasid literature 333 ARAB
Andalusian literature 343 ARAB
Ancient literary criticism 344 ARAB
Literature of successive countries 435 ARAB
Literary theory 437 ARAB
Modern criticism 446 ARAB
Training (1) 462 ARAB
Practical training (2) 463 ARAB
Training 479 ARAB
Comparative literature 485 ARAB
Theatrical text 630 ARAB
Theater in the Arab world 635 ARAB
Institutional theatre 637 ARAB
Research project 698 ARAB
Dramatic literature 726 ARAB
Research Methods 790 ARAB

Areas of expertise

King Abdulaziz University Professor
Member of the Social Development and Family Affairs Committee in the local council in Jeddah Governorate
Part-time consultant Part-time consultant at the University of Jeddah for the year 1442 AH to 1444 AH
Chair supervisor Supervisor of the University of Jeddah Chair for Community Support for the year 1442 AH to 1444 AH
Member and secretary of a committee Member and Secretary of the committee preparing a plan to activate the targets of crime laboratories at the University of Jeddah until 1444 AH
Vice Dean of the College of Communication and Media Vice Dean of the College of Communication and Media at the University of Jeddah from 7/26/1440 AH until 7/26/1442 AH
Department supervisor - Supervisor of the Digital Media Department at the College of Communication and Media, assigned from 6/20/1440 AH. - Supervisor of the Department of Communication and Public Relations at the College of Communication and Media, assigned from 6/20/14440 AH. - Supervisor of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature from 7/3/1437 AH until 7/20/1440 AH.
Trainer and consultant Trainer and consultant in the Consulting Office for Training and Development at King Abdulaziz University, 1439 AH