Gabriel García Márquez and the Latin American Boom
Gabriel García Márquez and the Boom of the Spanish American Narrative
I. Renewal of the Spanish American Narrative (1940-1960)
The starting point of the new Latin American novel has been frequently debated. Chronologically, its emergence in the 1940s with works by Borges, Bioy Casares, Onetti, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Alejo Carpentier represents a clear break from social realism. These works introduced more complex narrative forms and a vision of reality that included new dimensions, especially
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The Eighteenth Century or “Century of Light”
Historical Context, Social and Cultural Development: The Enlightenment
In the early decades of the century, the “crisis of European consciousness” took place, leading to a review of all religious and political aspects of the Ancien Régime. This marked the beginning of a reform movement: the Enlightenment.
This innovative intellectual movement championed reason as the sole guide towards progress and happiness, grounded in universal criticism and experimentation.
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1 .- Application of the concept of generation
Despite the precautions to be taken, can be considered as a compact group varieties. The group consists of Pedro Salinas, Jorge Guillén, Gerardo Diego, Damaso Alonso, Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda and Rafael Alberti. Some critics also include the Malaga Emilio Prados and Manuel Altolaguirre. These ten are the ones most frequently cited, but this leaves out of place to many others (Hinojosa, Garfias, Chabás …) which, for
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History: Gaius Julius Caesar
Birth and Family
Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC into a noble patrician family, the Julii. His family claimed descent from Venus through Julus, and his aunt Julia was the wife of Marius.
Cursus Honorum
Caesar’s political career, known as the cursus honorum, saw him hold various positions, including military tribune, quaestor, Pontifex Maximus, praetor, and proconsul in Hispania.
The First Triumvirate
Caesar formed the First Triumvirate, a powerful political alliance,
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ITEM 3. Didactic Poetry & Medieval Narrative
Mester de Clerecía
Definition and Origin
This name is given to all works composed by clerics during the 13th and 14th centuries. These works were created in monasteries to teach religious customs to the people as a form of propaganda. The clerics, learned men of the Middle Ages, were knowledgeable in Latin texts and drew inspiration from them. However, they wrote in Castilian.
Features
These texts are mostly religious and ethical. They narrate the lives
Read MoreRenaissance Culture and Literature: Humanism, Poetry, and Influence
1. Renaissance Culture
1.4. Culture in the Renaissance
The Renaissance marked a shift in human relationships with God and nature. Endowed with freedom, dignity, and the ability to decide for themselves, humans stood at the center of the world (anthropocentrism).
The transformation in Renaissance culture stemmed from the renewed appreciation of classical literature and learning recovered by humanists.
Humanism
Humanism, a school of thought based on the studia humanitatis (“humanitarian studies”), imposed
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