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.
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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.
AcknowledgementsPrefaceWhat This Work is About: By Way of Introduction11The Language and Function of the Hispano-Arabic Zajal312Al-Hazl: Burlesque Literature in Al-Andalus and its Antecedents in the Arab East423The Script and Text of Ibn Quzman's Diwan: Some Giveaway Secrets544The Diminutives in the Diwan of Ibn Quzman: A Product of Their Hispanic Milieu?865The Kharja of the Muwashshah in a New Light1076The Muwashshahat in the Light of the Literary Life that Produced Them1197The Muwashshahat: Are They a Mystery?1268The Case for the Arabic Origins of the Muwashshahat: Court Poetry and Burlesque in Al-Andalus1399The Arabic Origins of the Muwashshahat14710The Lack of Metaphorical Affinity Between the Muwashshahat and the Early Provencal Lyrics17111The Language of Hispano-Arabic Poetry and of the Early Provencal Lyrics: A Comparative Semantic Abstract18112Ibn Hazm's Tawq al-Hamama and Courtly Love: A Case of Selective Evidence235References258Index264
