Spanish Poetry: 1940s-1970s – Post-War to Social Engagement
Spanish Poetry from 1940 to the 1970s
At the end of the war, the outlook was bleak for culture. The year 1939 is considered a turning point for poetry in Spain. There was a division in culture: firstly, those in exile, and secondly, those who remained in Spain and were aligned with the ideology and aesthetics of the victors. This resulted in ‘rooted’ poetry (aligned with the regime) and ‘uprooted’ poetry (from those in exile).
The Poetry of the War: The Forties
This period shows a variety of poetic
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Pre-Roman Iberia and Roman Integration Policy
The Iberian Peninsula was occupied by various peoples and clustered ethnic groups, resulting in diverse Iberian cultures. Most of these peoples were unfamiliar with writing. A strong contrast existed between the peoples of the north and those in the Iberian and southern areas. These differences were due to various forms of political, economic, and social organization before the arrival of the Romans to the peninsula.
Legal diversity existed:
- On the Cantabrian
Understanding European Avant-Garde Movements and Spanish Vanguards
European Avant-Garde Movements
Futurism
Exaltation of speed, sport, technique, and strength. Using onomatopoeia.
Dadaism
Typographical innovations: the innocence, excitement, and primitivism. Cultivating a phonetic poetry, absurd and provocative.
Surrealism
Art born in the liberated unconscious, free of reason and morality. Inspiration from dreamlike states and automatic writing.
The Generation of ’27
This group of poets published their first works between 1920 and 1930. They came from liberal bourgeois
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Greek Art Introduction
Around the 8th century BC in the Mediterranean, a classical civilization was born and developed that would define the future of Western civilization. The Greek world was influenced by Egypt. Greece reflected its power through its expansion into colonies. Greece, in turn, influenced the development of Rome. Rome’s significant development began in the 2nd century BC when it dominated the Hellenistic territory. After the Republican period, Rome became the largest and most powerful
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Understanding Sentence Structure
Praise: It contained 1 (k expresses a set of words with complete meaning) 1 verb with you personally.
Subject: Person, animal, or thing that is saying something. We agree with the SN k no. and person with the verb.
Subject Elliptical: Deduct it from the desinensia of the words.
Prayers Without Subject, Impersonal: The tdas O. IMP. are always 3rd person singular Mon.
1. Verb Referring to Meteorological Phenomena:
Llovio muxo.
2. O. Empire. Grammaticalized:
Verb be, do not
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Key Elements of Chivalry Novels
- Idealization of the knight’s love for his lady: Courtly love, service to the lady, idolatry, masochistic love outside marriage with illegitimate children, but they often end up marrying.
- Glorified violence: Personal value gained by feats of arms, fighting to achieve individual fame. Higher value implies higher morality, except against giants (considered superb). Tournaments, ordeals, duels, battles with monsters and giants. As a counterpoint, masochistic loving.
- Extraordinary