Major
English
Anticipated Graduation Year
2022
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Open Access
Abstract
The existence of Al-Andulus in the Iberian Peninsula worked to combine many aspects of Arabic and Spanish culture, including literature. By comparing the structures and rhyme patterns of Arabic zajals and the later Spanish villancicos, one can see how the latter is influenced by the former, and eventually gave way to a form of the modern Spanish Christmas carol.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Dr. Alrick Knight, Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
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The Zajal and the Villancico: The Path to Modern Spanish Christmas Carols
The existence of Al-Andulus in the Iberian Peninsula worked to combine many aspects of Arabic and Spanish culture, including literature. By comparing the structures and rhyme patterns of Arabic zajals and the later Spanish villancicos, one can see how the latter is influenced by the former, and eventually gave way to a form of the modern Spanish Christmas carol.