Roman Leisure Venues, Public Works, and Infrastructure

Venues for Leisure: Theater, Circus, and Amphitheater

The theater became a huge boom in the wake of progressive comedy and Greek cultural influences. Roman architects copied and adapted the center stage type used in Greek cities. The Roman theater was built with stands (Cavea) surrounding the theater space. In front of the orchestra was a Cavea scaena platform (stage), which was closed by a wall (scaenec frons). There were three gates through which the actors came and went.

The Amphitheater

The amphitheater

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Spanish Novel After the Civil War: Rebirth, Exile, and Realism

The Rebirth of the Novel

Features: Among the 40 published authors of the older generation, novel events occur with the publication of The Family of Pascual Duarte by C.J. Cela in 1942. In 1945, Nadal wins with the novel Nada by Carmen Laforet, an existentialist and bitter work.

Great authors such as Miguel Delibes and Torrente Ballester begin publishing.

Authors:

  • Camilo Jose Cela:
    • Novels: The Family of Pascual Duarte is alarming because of the bitter world it reflects. The Beehive (1952) is a choral
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Golden Age Spanish Literature: Key Authors and Works

Manners and the Novel

Manners reflect environments and characters. The novel’s rates are descriptive and picturesque, abundant with humor and social satire. It may have didactic or moralizing intent, represented by figures like Red and Luis Velez de Guevara.

Picaresque Novel

This narrative initiates the movement toward realism and inaugurated the picaresque novel genre, flourishing in the 16th and 17th centuries. Narrators such as Matthew Vicente Espinel and works like Buscon, Estebanillo Gonzalez,

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Ausiàs March and Catalan Literature: Realism and Popular Traditions

Ausiàs March: Life and Works

Ausiàs March was born in Gandia in 1400 and died in Valencia in 1459. The son of a family of poets and knights, he served Alfonso the Magnanimous, who appointed him royal falconer. He married twice and had natural children. March’s poetry breaks with the tradition of troubadour poetry, comprising 128 poems that express his feelings. Man and poet are the same, appearing with all virtues and flaws, doubts and certainties, speaking about obsessions: love, relationships

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Gabriel García Márquez: Life, Works, and Style

Gabriel García Márquez: Life and Influences

Author’s situation at the time: Gabriel García Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1928. He belonged to a middle-class family and was raised by his grandparents. His grandfather, Colonel Ricardo Márquez Mejía, a liberal war veteran, was one of the founders of Aracataca. His grandmother, Tranquilina Iguarán Cotes, greatly influenced him (surnames appearing in One Hundred Years of Solitude and Chronicle of a Death Foretold).

García Márquez

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Postwar Spanish Poetry: Generations, Themes, and Key Poets

Postwar Spanish Poetry: An Overview

Miguel Hernández

Miguel Hernández, due to his age, belongs to the Generation of ’36. However, his career and relationships with poets from the Generation of ’27 allow him to be considered a follower of this generation. His poetry is characterized by poetically addressing the issues of life, love, and death, and socio-political commitment, always with great passion. Formally, his work emphasizes the originality of its forms and mastery of traditional metrics, such

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