The paradoxical relationship between Arabic and Romance literary cultures in medieval Sicily.
In her book, The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History, Karla Mallette makes a provocative argument about the relationship between Arabic and Romance literary cultures in medieval Sicily.
In your paper, critically summarize and assess her claims, drawing on your own readings of Arab- and Romance Sicilian lyric poetry. Your paper should take a clear position in support of, or against Mallette’s arguments; this will constitute your thesis.
Discuss the paradoxical relationship between Arabic and Romance literary cultures in medieval Sicily.
