Catalan Modernist Narrative: From Naturalism to Symbolism
1. THE NARRATIVE MOERNISTA
Joan Maragall in 1901 had denounced the situation diglossic narrative poetry about the dangers in modernism and that this imbalance involved. There were difficulties in publishing and marketing of novel in Catalan, matters of aesthetics. The crisis of positivism and the realist novel was naturally discredit all genre novels, especially the novel real-complaint.
The solution to the crisis leaned toward modernist narrative tradition French symbolist and decadent, and to
Spanish Baroque Architecture: A Regionalist Style
Introduction
The Baroque in Spain is a distinctive regionalist style, diverging from universal Baroque patterns. We can identify distinct Baroque expressions in Castile, Andalusia, and Galicia, each region boasting a unique personality. The first half of the 17th century marks the dawn of Spanish Baroque architecture, heavily influenced by Juan de Herrera and his masterpiece, El Escorial. The ideals of the Counter-Reformation facilitated the continuation of this architectural model.
The Original Baroque
Read MoreThe Spanish Ballad: History, Origin, and Characteristics
The Spanish Ballad
The epic began to decline in the fourteenth century, and during the fifteenth century, epic poems were no longer written. Public taste shifted, and minstrels favored romances. These were poems with epic themes and narrative structures, although occasionally lyrical, that circulated through oral channels, separate from formal literature. In the late fifteenth century, learned poets became interested in these poems, which were incorporated into songbooks and became part
Read MoreClassical Period (1750-1825): Style Traits, Genres, and Composers
Classical Period (1750-1825)
Style Traits & Genres
Orchestra Size: Typically 25-30 players, sometimes up to 60.
Symphony
A 4-movement work for orchestra.
Sonata Form
- Exposition: Introduces the themes.
- First theme in the tonic key.
- Bridge.
- Modulation to a new key.
- Cadence (in the new key).
- Pause.
- Second theme in the new key and of contrasting character.
- Closing section (in the new key).
- Development: Explores and transforms the themes.
- Introduction of new themes.
- Variations on original themes.
- Rapid key changes.
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: Analysis, Criticism, and Interpretations
The Winter’s Tale
2 Jacobean Shakespeare
– The mature, final, most artistic style of Shakespeare’s plays
– Dramatic maturity and theatrical crowning of his career
– Shakespeare at his best.
– It implies previous developments and dramatic experiments
3 The Winter’s Tale
Together with The Tempest, Cymbeline, and Pericles, it is generally referred to as one of Shakespeare’s late final plays or romances. They were written between 1608 and 1611. They share several characteristics:
– A child who is lost
Read MoreBaroque and Renaissance Literature, Opera, and Scientific Terminology
Baroque Literature and Opera
Subordinate Adjectives and Adjectival Nouns
Subordinate adjective (between commas) only: explicat.
Subordinate adjectival noun: Omit the background. The antecedent would be “the child” – it omits reference to what he does. Example: “that is entered is called Miguel.”
Adverbial Sentences
They may be proper or improper and relate to place, time, or mood.
Types of Subordinate Clauses
- Subordinate Row: Nexos: well (s) who, after then, so, by accordingly.
- Subordinate Conditional: