Spanish Renaissance Literature

Italianate Lyric Poetry

Juan Boscan introduced Italian literary trends in Spanish poetry. He and his friend Garcilaso embraced these trends, and the latter is credited with performing the poetic revolution.

Characteristics of Italianate Lyric

Influences on New Poetry

  • Petrarca: Love for him goes beyond everything, and the woman is an attraction that leads you to paradise.

  • Baldassare Castiglione: Author of The Courtier (ideal man of the time).

Metric Forms

  • Hendecasyllables and seven-syllable verses.
  • New stanzas
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Federico García Lorca’s Theatrical Universe

Lorca’s Poetic Theater: Themes and Evolution

Lorca’s theater can be described as poetic, not merely due to the extensive use of verse, but because poetry is the very root from which its arguments and language emanate. A dominant and recurring theme, also common in his poetry, is the confrontation between the individual and authority. The individual wields desire, love, and freedom as weapons but is ultimately defeated by authority. A majority of his leading ladies grapple with frustration.

Early Works,

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Roman Scientific & Technical Literature: Key Works & Authors

Roman Technical Prose and Scientific Writings

Roman antiquity has bequeathed more than just poems and speeches. Latin texts surviving today are classified as essays, handbooks, or treatises on numerous subjects, forming an essential starting point for many scientific and technical disciplines.

For the Romans, the connection between science and philosophy was evident; scientific knowledge was considered an extension of philosophical understanding.

The Romans were innovators in science, emphasizing the

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The Life and Trials of Lazarus: A Journey Through Adversity

The First Treaty
Lazarus begins with telling the story of his childhood. His nickname comes from his birthplace, the River Tormes. At age eight, his father, Gonzalez, was charged with robbery and forced to serve as a knight against the Moors. During this expedition, he lost his life.
Lazarus and his mother, Antona Perez, went to live in the city, where she cooked for students and washed clothes for the grooms of the commander of the Madeleine. She started having a relationship with a boy called

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Ancient Greek & Roman Literary and Philosophical Legacies

Greek Epic: Homer and Hesiod

Greek epic is a narrative genre that recounts the heroic deeds and cultural traditions of a people. Representatives:

  • Homer: Although we have no information about his person, he is considered the most important author of two epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey. These two poems extol the glory of ancient heroes. The religious presence is constant, featuring divine interventions and prayers. The Homeric poems are considered two fundamental pillars of universal literature.
  • Hesiod:
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Roman Epic Poetry: Key Works and Historical Evolution

Epic Poetry: Origins and Early Forms

The primary subject of epic poetry is to narrate the deeds of kings, warlords, and disastrous wars. The Romans produced their first epic poems in the late third century BC.

Commendationes

Commendationes are funerary inscriptions in verse, composed in praise of a deceased person. They recount the valor and glorious deeds of the departed.

Convivialia Carmina

Convivialia Carmina (banquet songs) are considered the clearest early record of epic poetry. In the early centuries

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