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Luso-arabic poetry: reviewing the concept
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, Catarina Nunes de | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-26T10:07:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-30T00:31:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | According to some Portuguese historians and ethnographers of the nineteenth century, as well as orientalists of the first decades of the twentieth, the Arabs did not have a starring role in Portuguese history. These narratives fit much of the arguments discussed by Edward W. Said in «Orientalism» (1978), as they represent the Arabs in a very derogatory way. After 1974, with the reinstatement of Democracy in Portugal, these Christian-nationalistic narratives lost some of their influence. Contemporary historians, archaeologists, and independent researchers considered the medieval Gharb a pinnacle of cultural sophistication, prosperity, and enlightenment. In the literary field, this thesis gained momentum in 1987, when Adalberto Alves published a collection of poems entitled «O Meu Coração é Árabe: a Poesia Luso-Árabe», with texts by thirty-nine Gharb al-Andalus poets. In this book – and others that followed – Alves complemented and amplified the controversial question of the Arabic influence on the forms and spirit of Iberian courtly poetry, namely the Galician-Portuguese lyric. Furthermore, Gharb al-Andalus is described as a “paradise lost” of tolerance and wisdom, radically opposed to the colonial mentality dominant before the 1974 Revolution. In this chapter, I will discuss the current use of the concept of Luso-Arabic poetry, presenting it as an example of “Counter-Orientalism” (Malette 2010). Firstly, I will show how the concept of Luso-Arabic poetry introduced a selective discourse about the Gharb al-Andalus through the exaltation of its poets and significant aspects of its culture. Secondly, I will explain how this concept paved the way for a historical narrative to build a more “authentic” Portuguese identity. Thirdly, I will look upon contemporary Portuguese poets inspired by Islamic poetry and philosophy. I will show that this subtle influence changes the idea of literary tradition by introducing new ways of understanding poetic writing. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Almeida, Catarina Nunes de. 2023. “Luso-Arabic poetry: reviewing the concept”. In Ricci, Cristián (ed.). 21st Century Arab and African diasporas in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. New York: Routledge, pp. 150-162. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781003245117 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/59981 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Centre for Comparative Studies | |
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| dc.subject | Arab Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Gharb al-Andalus | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Counter-orientalism | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Poetry | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Literary tradition | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Luso-arabic poetry: reviewing the concept | pt_PT |
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| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | New York | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Twenty-first century arab and african diasporas in Spain, Portugal and Latin America | pt_PT |
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| person.familyName | Dias Nunes de Almeida | |
| person.givenName | Ana Catarina | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | CB12-104A-E552 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-4218-0930 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | bookPart | pt_PT |
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