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02 Arabian Literature
Notable Works:
Grammatical treatise
Commentaries on the Qur’an
Stories about Muhammad and his companions
EMPIRICAL PERIODS
Umayyad (661-750)
Poets like Al-Akhal and Al-Farazdaq favored
forms such as:
Ghazal (Love songs)
Wine songs
Hunting Poems
EMPIRICAL PERIODS
Abassid (750-1258)
Regarded as the greatest period of development in
Arabian Literature.
Critics often call this period The Golden Age.
Hellenistic and Persian influences contributed to this
development.
EMPIRICAL PERIODS
Ibn al-Muqaff
His Persian translations led to adab.
Adab is sprinkled with poetry and utilizes Saj
with the style of Qur’an.
EMPIRICAL PERIODS
Abu Nuevas
was acknowledged among the new poets.
Used the Arabic language with greater
freedom and imagination.
EMPIRICAL PERIODS
After the fall of Baghdad (1258 onwards)
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