Literary Pastiches in the Mirror of Criticism A Reading in an Andalusian Literary Model

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the critics’ reception of literary pastiches in the light of critical reception by reviewing an Andalusian model of studies that addressed the pastiches that revolved around Ibn Zaydun’s poetry and literature. The research focuses how the critics received this type of literature and approached these studies in the light of the reception theory. It indicates the extent of the impact and influence on Andalusian literature in general, and Ibn Zaydun’s literature in particular because of the great importance it possesses in the literary and critical milieu. The research began by talking about the importance of reception in literary criticism, highlighting the critics’ reception of literary pastiches in Ibn Zaydun’s literature, showing the presence of Ibn Zaydun’s Noniyya ‘Ode of Lamentable Separation’ in the pastiches, and explaining its relationship with Al-Buhturi’s Noniyya. Finally, the research clarified the features of the similarity between the comic literature and the literature of at-Tarbea` wa at-Tadweer ‘squaring and rotating’, The results of the research showed that there is a great impact and influence in Ibn Zaydun’s pastiches, especially his Noniyya ; which indicates the importance of his poetry and its artistic value