The literature of al-Andalus, also known as Andalusi literature (Arabic: الأدب الأندلسي, al-adab al-andalusī),[1][2] was produced in al-Andalus, or Islamic Iberia, from the Muslim conquest in 711 to either the Catholic conquest of Granada in 1492 or the expulsion of the Moors ending in 1614. Andalusi literature was written primarily in Arabic, but also in Hebrew, Latin, and Romance.
Poetry was considered the prime literary genre in Arabic.[3] Poetic forms such as the qaṣīda and maqāma were adopted from the Mashriq or Muslim East, while forms of strophic poetry such as the muwaššaḥ and its kharja as well as the popular zajal in Andalusi vernacular Arabic were developed in al-Andalus.[3] Andalusi strophic poetry had an impact on poetic expression in Western Europe and the wider Muslim world.[4]
Abdellah Hilaat's World Literature Encyclopedia divides the history of al-Andalus into two periods: the period of expansion, starting with the conquest of Hispania up to the first Taifa period, and the period of recession in which al-Andalus was ruled by two major African empires: the Almoravid and the Almohad.[5]
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- ^ "Popular Andalusi literature and the Arthurian tradition in the Iberian Peninsula". ARCADE. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "The Study of al-Andalus — Michelle M. Hamilton, David A. Wacks". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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