Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-30009-3
Ph.D.
Spanish
University of California, Riverside
2016
In early modern Spain, the Crown forces its subject minority Muslim population, the Mudejars, to convert to Catholicism (1501-1526) thus giving birth to the Moriscos. Alongside the forced conversions would come strict restrictions on Morisco cultural practice making even the use of Arabic language illegal. Therefore, an underground literature whose roots lie in hispanophone Mudejar Islam emerges defiant in the Morisco context for its Arabic script yet Spanish content. This hybrid literature known as Aljamiado inversely reflects a Morisco reality of Christian appearances on the surface yet Muslim loyalties within and accordingly aids the Moriscos in their struggle to survive as faithful Muslims in an increasingly hostile environment.
Romance literature; European history; Islamic Studies; Creativity; Spanish; Arabic language; Literary criticism; Literature
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Aljamiado;Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de;Double consciousness;Golden Age theater;Morisco;Mudejar;Spain