Magister Artium - MA / This thesis aims at presenting a comprehensive study, through which more will be learnt
about the art of the Andalusian Muwashaḥāt. This is a study of their artistic structure, types, and
poetic purposes. The art of the Muwashaḥāt was different in form and rhythm from the classic
Arabic poem, because the Muwashaḥāt had multi meters and rhymes, and it relied on the musical
rhythm. Besides, the poetic language of the Muwashaḥāt was based on both classical and
vernacular Arabic. The Muwashaḥāt was invented by the Andalusian poets to keep pace with the
musical development in Andalusia, the researcher will shed light on aesthetic methods, and the
poetic styles that characterized the Muwashaḥāt as an innovative poetic art which had strong ties
with the music and singing, and showing the impact of the Andalusian environment on the
development of this art. The art of the Muwashaḥāt left a distinguished mark on the Arabic
poetry and music, especially in the Maghreb and North Africa where a lot of musical schools and
poets still pay a lot of attention to such type of that Andalusian art. The continuous interest in
this art, until current days, strongly motivated the researcher to proceed with this study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/7267 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Balat, Samah Mohamed |
| Contributors | Saidi, Mustapha |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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