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THE RENAISSwidth="130"E POETRY
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Introduction:The poetry of this period is divided in two schools: the Salmantine (e.g. Fray Luis de León) and the Sevillian (e.g. Fernando de Herrera).The Salmantine School has as distinguishing characteristics:-concise language;-ideas expressed simp... |
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JUAN BOSCáN
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Boscán, that had cultivated previously the courtesan lyric, introduced the Italian eleven-syllabes verse and strophes, as well as the reasons and structures of Petrarca like poetry in the Castilian poetry. The poem Hero and Leandro of Boscán is the f... |
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THE SPANISH RENAISSwidth="130"E
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Classically, 1492 is spoken of as the beginning of the Renaissance in Spain; nevertheless it is complex to consider a date, due to the multiple circumstances that happened. The situation of Spain was always very complex but even so the humanism manag... |
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RENAISSwidth="130"E LITERATURE
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Introduction:The political, religious, literary, and war relations between Italy and Spain since the second half of the 15th century caused a remarkable cultural interchange between these two countries. The papacy of two illustrated Catalonian, Calix... |
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SANTA TERESA DE JESúS
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Santa teresa de Jesús (Ávila, 1515 - 1582) was a Carmelite nun. She entered the monastery leaving her parents' home secretly. She experienced periods of spiritual ecstasy through the use of the devotional book. Various friends suggested that her know... |
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CANARIAN SPANISH
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Canarian Spanish is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canarian people, and in the southeastern section of Louisiana in Isleño communities that emigrated to the Americas as early as the 18th century. The variant is very... |
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SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ
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San Juan de la Cruz (Ávila, 1542 - 1591) was a Carmelite friar. He studied philosophy at the University of Salamanca. He cooperated with Saint Teresa of Avila in the reformation of the Carmelite order. In 1577, following his refusal to relocate after... |
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RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
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Introduction:The Renaissance imposes a division between the natural and the supernatural things, as opposed to the Middle Ages in which they were mixed in such form that God, the Virgin and the Saints took part in all type of worldly subjects with ap... |
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FRAY LUIS DE LEóN
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Fray Luis de León (Cuenca, Spain, 1527 - 1591) was a Spanish Agustinian friar. In 1561 he obtained a chair in Theology at the University of Salamanca. His major works in prose are:-The Perfect Wife. It advises all young women on the proper behavior a... |
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LYRIC POETRY OF THE MIDDLE AGES
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Lyric poetry in the Middle Ages can be divided into three groups: the jarchas, the popular poems originating from folk-songs sung by commoners, and the courtly poetry of the nobles. Alfonso X el Sabio fits into the third group with his series of thre... |
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