Classical Arabic Poetics in Andalusia: The Question of Style and Originality

Abstract

The enormous amount of prose writing in Andalusia was matched by an equally enormous amount of poetical composition. In the meantime, the full development of the Arabic language along with its pre-eminent position would not have been possible had it not been for the parallel evolution of an extensive literature written in it. Arabic remained not only the instrument of religion, but developed into the language of state and that of culture. The present day Spain, known to be Andalus in medieval period, had witnessed an enormous amount of literary surge, mostly in prose writing and poetical composition in the Arab West of the medieval period. Is there any traces of originality in the poetical forms and language dictions of Andalusia literary poem of the medieval Arabic? If we notice positive answer to this question, what about the originality in its poetic style? I mean, in a more elaborate means, it happens, then, this research paper shall clarify the authenticity of this proof and also shed more lights on the poetic culture, literary style, originality in poetic composition, and finally, the intellectual currents of Andalusia.