Hispano-Arabic Literature and the Early Provencal Lyrics

As the distinctive contribution of Islamic Spain to Arabic literature, the strophic muwashshahand zajal are still viewed by some as a development from putative Romance prototypes. No less than seven theories of origin of the Provençal lyrics have been proffered, foremost among them being the Arabic origins theory. This book lets the strophic muwashshah tell its own tale of a natural development in the context of classical Arabic literature.

List of contents

Introduction What this Work is About; Part 1 Popular Literature; Chapter 1 The Language and Function of the Hispano-Arabic Zajal; Chapter 2 Al-Hazl: Burlesque Literature in Al-Andalus and its Antecedents in the Arab East; Chapter 3 The Script and Text of Ibn Quzm?n’s D?w?n; Chapter 4 The Diminutives in the D?w?n of Ibn Quzm?n; Part 2 The Muwashsha??t; Chapter 5 The Kharja of the Muwashsha? in a New Light; Chapter 6 The Muwashsha??t in the Light of the Literary Life that Produced Them; Chapter 7 The Muwashsha??t; Chapter 8 The Case for the Arabic Origins of the Muwashsha??t; Chapter 9 The Arabic Origins of the Muwashsha??t; Part 3 No Arabic Echoes in the Provençal Lyrics; Chapter 10 The Lack of Metaphorical Affinity between the Muwashsha??t and the Early Provençal Lyrics; Chapter 11 The Language of Hispano-Arabic Poetry and of the Early Provençal Lyrics; Chapter 12 Ibn ?azm’s ?awq Al-?am?ma and Courtly Love;

About the author

Authored by Abu-Haidar, J. A.

Summary

This book lets the strophic muwashshah tell its own tale of a natural development in the context of classical Arabic literature.

Product details

• Authors: J. A. Abu-Haidar, Abu-Haidar J. A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2001
• EAN: 9780700710157
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1015-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Weight: 670 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Middle East, Arabic, Spanish, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc