Spanish Golden Age Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Prose
Spanish Golden Age Literature
Poetry
Sonnets
Sonnets are structured in blocks, connecting sentences to lines and thoughts. Love themes include unrequited love, a lady’s harshness, disdain, jealousy, and mourning a loved one’s death.
Songs
Songs are poems often filled with love, sometimes featuring a chorus. Song III, written during exile, marks the first use of the locus amoenus. Song V, an ode to the flower of Knidos, depicts Garcilaso persuading a Neapolitan lady to accept a friend’s love, using the
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Love in the Time of Cholera: A Timeless Tale
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel narrates a captivating love triangle set between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The central characters are Fermina Daza, Florentino Ariza, and Juvenal Urbino. The story unfolds across six chapters, each delving into the multifaceted nature of love.
Forms of Love
- Idealized and Platonic Love: Florentino’s unwavering devotion to Fermina, marked by secrecy and fidelity, exemplifies this form.
- Physical Love: Florentino’
Spanish Ballads: Definition, Origins, Classification, and Style
Romance Definition:
Poems-narrative (tell a story) – to a certain number of verses. “Octosyllabic” (8 syllables, minor art) – popular literature (traditional) -> has been transmitted (partly) orally; the people endorsed them (they listened with taste, and even sang/memorized them).
Traditional daily-life offered a thousand reasons to croon ballads: to enjoy family chores, rejoice in field work, lull children, accompany sewing, etc. Also, on special occasions such as weddings, baptisms, or pilgrimages,
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How does the sociopolitical context influence narrative?
During the First Republic, the Statute of Catalonia established the official status of the Catalan language. Literature approached normality: creation, publication, and consumption across all genres, especially fiction due to its popularity. The Balearic Islands and Valencia attempted to follow suit but were hindered by the outbreak of the war.
CULTURAL IMPACT UNDER FRANCO:
- In 1939, after the Civil War, the Franco dictatorship abolished these
Spanish Modernism: Literary Analysis
Spanish Modernism: A Literary Exploration
Key Figures of Spanish Modernism
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Pure poetry is characterized by essence, abstraction, and the elimination of all anecdotal elements. For Juan Ramón, poetry is beauty, knowledge, and a desire for eternity.
- Beauty: The search for and expression of beauty define him as a conscious minority poet.
- Knowledge: His poetry involves an intense desire to delve into the true being of things, their inner essence.
- Longing for Eternity: The poem, timeless
Latin Vocabulary for Beginners
Basic Latin Vocabulary
Nouns
| Declension | Nominative Singular | Genitive Singular | Gender | Definition | Derivative(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | amicus | amicī | m | friend | amicable, amiable |
| 1st | ancilla | ancillae | f | slave-woman | ancillary |
| 2nd | atrium | atriī | n | reception hall, main room | atrium, atrial |
| 1st | barba | barbae | f | beard | barber |
| 3rd | canis | canis | m/f | dog | canine |
| 1st | cena | cenae | f | dinner | |
| 2nd | cibus | cibī | m | food | |
| 2nd | compluvium | compluviī | n | a large square opening in roof of atrium | |
| 2nd | coquus | coquī | m | cook | (concoct) |
| 2nd | cubiculum | cubiculī | n | bedroom | cubicle |
| 1st | culina | culinae | f | kitchen | culinary |
| 2nd | dominus | dominī | m | master | dominate, |