Satirical Caricatures in the Andalusian Poetry

Abstract

Satirical caricature is deemed one of the critical topics that occupied a central position in the poetry of Andalusia through the ages, and it gained momentum during The Almoravids’ (“al-Murabitun’s”) times, and this is especially the case as their poetry seemed to have been more concerned with the satirical depictions of the jurists and the  judges. The present research paper has fallen into two major divisions: the first one is treating of the political satirical caricature, while the second one is mainly concerned with the social satirical caricature. The first division branches out into three sections, as follows:

Section One: Satirical Caricatures of Ministerial Members.

Section Two: Satirical Caricatures of the Statesmen.

Section Three: Satirical Caricatures of the Judges.

As for the second division, it branches out into two sections, as follows:

Section One: Satirical Caricatures of the Jurists.

Section Two: Satirical Caricatures of the Misers.