Abstract EN:

At the beginning of the fifth eleventh century, in islamic spain, burts a serious political crisis which ended by the abolishment of the caliphate of cordoba and the carving up of the country into many tiny kingdoms. Paradoxically, this desastrous situation, from the political pint of view, originated an expansion in the culturel field as never before. Actually, never had poets hand prosaist been so numerous, nor literary works so abundant and varied. The andalusians dealt with all poetic matters in every possible maner, but with a special interest for nature and pleasures of life. Yet, due to political circumstances, it had to be a court poetry and itwas supported by the petty courts ruler's patronage. As to the andalusian prose-writers, they had a special predilection for the flowery language (badi) written in versified and rithmical prose (sag). Originality was not their main concern; more than anything else they wanted to compete with the orientals - or even surpass them. And indeed, to a great extent, they succeeded.