Spanish Golden Age Flashcards
Golden age
-Begins with the birth of Cervantes 1547
-Ends with the death of Pedro Calderon 1680
-death and pessimism
Cervantes
-Prisoner of pirates
-first novel “La Galatea”
-1605 published Don Quixote
The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote
-Begins as parody of chivalry
-Don Quixote = justice
Characteristics of Don Quixote
-first modern novel
-mixes narrators
-novel within the novel
-Two worlds reality of sancho panza and fantasy
Lope de Vega
-creator of the new comedy
-access to the theater for the classes
-breaking the units of the Greeks (only one place; action just have one topic; time all happen in a single day)
-creation of the funny character
Plays of lope the Vega
El maestro del danzar, la dama boba, la viuda valenciana
Features of the theater of lope de Vega
-national topic
-Spanish pride
-religion and honor
-language natural and expressive
Culteranismo
“Gongorism” for Luis de Góngora y argote
-references of mythology, metaphors and comparisons
-for educated people
Conceptismo
-prioriza the idea that was behind
-puns (juego de palabras)
-clever use of words
-Used comedy