Understanding Spanish Grammar: Parts of Speech
Spanish Grammar: Key Components
Interjection
An interjection often expresses emotion or surprise. Examples include: wham bam sounds bang, ehh antecion call hi, moods ah ay bah.
Adverb
An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It often refers to related circumstances.
- Place: there
- Time: now, después, then
- Manner: well, good, bad
- Amount: far, short, less, but
- Affirmation: if, also, of course
- Negation: not, tampoco
- Question: perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
- Interrogative: where, when, as
Preposition
A preposition
Read More19th-Century Spanish Realism and Naturalism: Authors and Characteristics
Realism: Origins and Evolution
Realism arose in France in the first half of the 19th century, immersed in Romanticism. It even started with authors such as Balzac and Stendhal. It developed as an independent movement with Flaubert in the context of an urban, industrial society, with the bourgeois class established.
In Spain, the realist movement began around 1870, after the “Glorious Revolution,” and had its heyday in the 1880s. It was influenced by Romantic genres, such as the historical novel and
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Spanish Realism: A 19th-Century Literary Movement
Origins and Development
Realism was a literary movement that sought to explain and analyze reality by exalting individual liberty. Originating in France around 1830, it arrived in Spain in 1870, reaching its peak in the 1880s.
Two Periods of Realism
- Pre-Realism (1843-1868): This period blended realistic and romantic elements. Notable authors include Fernán Caballero (The Seagull) and Pedro A. de Alarcón (The Three-Cornered Hat).
- Fullness of Realism
Galician Language History: Dark Ages to Pre-Rexurdimento
The Dark Ages and the Precursors of the Galician Language
From the 15th century until the 18th century, there was no longer a significant literary practice in Galician. Historians know this vast stage of silence as the Dark Ages. It came about because Santa Catarina became dependent on the Kingdom of Castile, which implemented a criticized centralist policy. The nobility lost its power, and political, administrative, and ecclesiastical offices were filled by people from outside of Rio de Janeiro.
Read MoreGalician Poetry: 1975 to 1990s – Key Movements
Galician Poetry from 1975 to the 1990s
1975: A Profound Renewal
The year 1975 marked a profound renewal in international poetry, with an outbreak of feminine writing and various authors in full creative activity.
Four Key Inflection Points
a) Consolidation of Social Realism (Late 1960s – “Novos”):
- Work emerged during a time of intense anti-Franco struggle.
- Implementation of left-wing nationalism.
- Themes of complaint, struggle for language, national oppression, and the desire for individual and collective
Spanish Literature: 1902 to the Avant-Garde Movements
Generation of 27: Key Characteristics and Stages
Characteristics of the Generation of 27
The Generation of 27 rejected Modernist traits. The group was characterized by members with a strong university background, often from affluent families, who held progressive and left-leaning views. Their poems were frequently published in magazines. Key figures like Pedro Salinas and Gerardo Diego formed influential groups.
Influences
- Popular poetry
- Cultured poetry of Góngora
- Bécquer
- Spanish and European poets
Stages
Avant-