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Examen de Lengua Marzo 2023 Flashcards

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Renaissance setting

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began in Italy in the 16th century and spread to the rest of Europe

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Philosophy of the Renaissance

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it was classically humanist or anthropocentric, with men as the center of the world rather than God

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Beauty Standard

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blonde hair, white skin, red lips all with the goal of looking like an “angelic woman”

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Men of the Renaissance

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educated in arms and literature, strong but intelligent
“gentlemen”

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Importance of the Printing Press

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it meant knowledge, in the form of books, could be spread to the public at lightning speed, meaning churches and teachers no longer had all the power of education

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Scientific Revolution

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evolution in medicine, astronomy and better health

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Themes of the Renaissance (3_

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art, love and women

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Important change regarding religion

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a split between humans and religion occurred, as people began to see themselves as the center of the world rather than God

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Literature of the Renaissance (14th-15th century)

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well-shaped, good background, simple and elegant

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Characteristics of Renaissance Literature (14th-15th century) (7)

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  • Anthropocentric Vision
  • Importance of Nature
  • Theme of Love
  • Nature and Mythology
  • The Ideal Woman
  • Clear and Sensible Expression
  • Reduction in Mortality
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Book that “birthed Spanish literature”

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La Celestina by Fernando Rojas in 1499

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First Spanish poet

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Garcilaso de la Vega

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Popular novels in the 16th century

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novels about Chivalry

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Idealist Fiction Novels (4)

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  • Pasbril
  • Caballeresca
  • Bizantina
  • Morisca
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Pasbril Novels

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about medieval heroes, sometimes fantasy

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Caballeresca Novels

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about misadventures and refined shepards

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Bizantina Novels

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about a journey, sometimes a love conflict

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Morisca Novels

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short stories about Christians and Muslims

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Realist Novels of Renaissance

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  • picaresque and printed
  • characters who aren’t perfect and have realistic problems
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Ideas of the Renaissance

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humanist, critical and reflective

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Picaresque Novels (3)

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  • an autobiographical story with an antagonist, like episodes
  • tended to deform reality with large exaggerations
  • usually told in first person and are realist (about real/plausible events)
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Sweet Tongued/ Dolce Delectando

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European way of speaking and form of literature

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Biblical Theatre

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church approved theatre productions that gained popularity in the 16th century

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Societal Characteristics of the Renaissance (6)

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  • Bourgeoisie became a large and powerful social class
  • Expansion throughout Europe and America
  • Appreciation of Greek and Latin past
  • Popularization of “gentlemen”
  • Importance of science and reason
  • Anthropocentrism
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Optimistic Vision

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a new mentality of the Renaissance that contradicted Medieval pessimism

through the mentality of Epicureanism, people saught happiness through the enjoyment of modest pleasures

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Neoplatonism

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populzaried by the work of Sephardic Jew Leon Hebreo <3

means believed human perfection and happiness were attainable in this world, without awaiting for an afterlife

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Garcilaso de la Vega

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  • first Spanish poet and a “gentlemen”
  • wrote secular poetry about a Portuguese lady of the queen’s court
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Garcilaso de la Vega’s work (3)

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  1. Mix of traditional and pre-renaissance work
  2. Classicism with a harmonious tone
  3. Uses ABBAABBA format and is full and balanced in sadness in the death of his love
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Reasons Picturesque Novels became so Popular

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Literary Reason: it is a reaction to the popular and is interesting with its anti-hero/ antagonist

Social Reason: the antagonist represents some feelings of individualism, stoicism, conformism and pessimism prevalent in this society

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Two Stages of Picturesque Novels

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  1. Pessimistic but non-bitter view of life
  2. The antagonist isn’t a person but a social class
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Picturesque Novels Structure

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  1. Prologue
  2. Opening
  3. Development
  4. Closing
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Lazarillo de Tormes (La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes) Themes and Characters

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  • Religion, honor and some social issues
  • Characters are distinctly individualistic
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Lazarillo de Tormes (La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes) Space, Time and Style

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  • The work takes place in different places, open or closed, natural or urban
  • The work is linear but occasionally jumps into the past
  • The language is plain, lively and natural
  • Humor, irony and satire add to the livelihood
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Don Quijote Important Themes (5)

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Parody, perspectivism, dynamicism, rhythmic syntax, directive dialogue

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Don Quijote Two Books

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  • The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha: a comic drama with irony and jokes
  • Second Part of the Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of La Mancha: more serious and philosophical
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Don Quijote Place, Time, Characters and Critique

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  • Spaces realistic, first part in La Mancha second part in Aragon and Barcelona
  • The adventures are linear and chronological
  • Wide range of characters representing realistic people, often common, in 15th century Spain
  • The novel is a critique of chivalry books
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Change to the Baroque Period

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17th century was a hard time politically and socially, and the Renaissance magic was starting to become repetitive and lose its charm

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Baroque art and literature (compared with Renaissance)

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less idealized than in the Renaissance and more complex literature with many meanings

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Themes of the Baroque era (6)

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  • Reality different from what we see
  • Madness
  • Life as a dream
  • Deception
  • Conceptism vs Culteranism
  • Pessimism/Themes of Death
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Epicurism

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focus on the importance of pleasure

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Marranos and Moriscos

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forced Jewish and Muslim converts to Christianity who faced discrimination and oppression

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Culteralismo (3)

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  • Baroque literary style popularized by Luis de Góngora
  • Emphasized the form of the language rather than the substance.
  • Elitist stile “closed paradise for the few”
  • Uses contrasts, hyperboles, complicated language, cultisms, metaphors
  • Optional: complicated syntax, sensory elements, ideas of beauty, sounds, shapes etc.
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Conceptismo (3)

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  • Baroque literary style popularized Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas
  • Emphasized the substance of the language rather than the form
  • Used simple vocabulary, rapid rhythm, wordplay, metaphors and wit with minimal text
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Quevedo’s Poetry (themes/ideas)

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  • metaphysical, moral and religious poems
  • themes: mainly existentialism of death, the passage of time, but also love, religion and enchantment
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Quevedo’s Love Poems (3)

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  • Based on antitheses and paradoxes
  • About a beautiful and disdainful girl
  • Unite pain/death with love
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17th Century Theatre (7)

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  • popularized of the-act comedy shows with happy endings
  • became more separate from the church
  • took place in theatres or in courtyards
  • divided between genders
  • lively and reactive audience
  • had dancing and presentations before and after
  • very contrversial
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Structure of 17th Century Theatre (3)

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  • Three stage heights
  • Trapdoors
  • Balconies
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Types of Baroque Plays

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Serious: tragedies, serious tragicomedies and religious

Comedic: swashbuckling, parodies, burlesque comedies

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Actors of Baroque Era

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  • good pronunciation, singing and dancing skills, and graceful movements
  • often not awarded a church burial for sinful acting
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Lopez de Vega’s Spanish National Comedic Theatre (12) god bless

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  • Tragicomedy
  • Divided into three acts
  • Honor/virtuous actions
  • Theatrical tricks to please audience
  • Clear and well done communication
  • NOT a single action in a single day
  • Traditional Mediterranean metrics
  • Two hours and not boring
  • Satire
  • Sets and costumes
  • Drama
  • Love and entanglement

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