THE ORİGİN OF ARABİC POETRY İN SİCİLY

Abstract

The fall of Sicily under Arab rule is accompanied by radical changes in the socio-political and religious-spiritual situation of the island. At first glance, the country gives a strongly Islamic impression. But deeply researches show us the influence of ancient Greek philosophy, Byzantine and Slavic cultures in this area. The literature and culture that produced in Sicily were very close to Maghreb and Andalusian literature in its spirit, idea-content characteristics. A literary process is created here, which is a joint product of the local population, Arabs and Berbers. However strong the ethnic diversity, the literature was distinguished by its cosmopolitan and universal character. The Arabic literature of Sicily did not differ much from the literature that arose in other areas of the caliphate. Qasidah and qitah, canonical images, practical meanings were also manifested in this poetry. But more than qasidah, the inclination to the qitah, being away from religious content, the description of real life scenes, small volume, deep poems had an important place in poetry