The kharjas Spanish literature

the earliest recorded examples of vernacular romance-based literature date same time , location, rich mix of muslim, jewish, , christian cultures in muslim spain, in maimonides, averroes, , others worked. jarchas, dating 9th 12th centuries c.e., short poems spoken in local colloquial hispano-romance dialects, known mozarabic, written in arabic script. jarchas appeared @ end of longer poetry written in arabic or hebrew known muwashshah, lengthy glosses on ideas expressed in jarchas. typically spoken in voice of woman, jarchas express anxieties of love, particularly of loss.

this combination of hispano-romance expression arabic script, discovered in 1948, locates rise of spanish literary tradition in cultural heterogeneity characterized medieval spanish society , politics. however, mozarabic language of jarchas appears separate romance language evolution vulgar latin paralleled of castilian spanish rather deriving or fusing latter. hence, while relatively recent discovery of jarchas challenges pride of chronological place belonged long poema del cid (el cantar de mío cid) (1140 ce) in history of spanish literature, cannot seen precursor spain s great epic poem. discovery of jarchas makes clear instead origins, literature of spain has arisen out of , born witness rich, heterogeneous mix of cultures , languages.