PERIODS OF ARAB LITERATURE

Abstract

Arabic literature has passed through different stages in the historical process, primarily due to
religious, political and cultural reasons. The most important of these stages is the revelation of the
Qur'an. After this stage, there were differences in the subjects of poetry in Arabic literature. The
growth of the Islamic geography brought with it the encounter with different cultures. On the other
hand, although a similar change began to occur in prose, the breaking point in prose was after
Abdullah Ibnu'l-Mukaffa. The works that Ibnu'l-Mukaffa produced with the influence of his
translations from Persian, Greek and Indian cultures contributed to the prose of Arabic literature in
terms of subject and style. In later periods, Arabic literature came under the influence of Western
culture.