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Mozarabic
Southern ibero Romance language in jarchas
Spoken by city dwellers and Arab occupation
Died at the end of 15 century
What are the jarchas?
Earliest poetry written in Spanish(Castilian)
11-13century
Love poems by women about love or to other women
Written by Hebrew and Arabic poets
Muwashat
Oldest lyrical poetry in Romance language Final versus written in Mozarabic Main part written in Arabic or Hebrew 5 strophes Final strophe is jarcha en mezoarsbic First strope male voice
Gonzalo de berceo
Deacon, presit, bishop
First known name in Spanish poetry
Style- devotional, theological
Wrote in roman paladino
The book of good love
Written in 1330 (Middle Ages) by archpriest of hita
Long poem (7000 versus)
Clerics style, composed mainly in the form of cuanderna via (14 syllables)
Shows differences in good love (love of god and the virgin, spiritual)
And crazy love (carnal love, sinful)–this love is describe so good in makes the reader lust until the moral comes
Beginning of the ideal of courtly love
Trotaconventos
Character that Influenced celestina
Cuanderna
Form of writing 14 syllables
Celestina
Exemplifys the meaning of greedy
Calisto wants melibea, she thinks he is agressive and it will effect her reputation
Calisto friend sempronio tells calisto seek help from celestina
Friend get involved for personal gain(gred) her two whore friends
Calisto other servant prameno warned them not to use her, but celestina talks him into it and get the other whore
Celestina sees melibea talks her into it but she was angry at first, celestina takes her girdle and magically seduced the pairs
Conde lucanor
Author- Don Juan Manuel
1335
Series of short stories (some no longer than page)
Purpose-served as a moral example for people at this age
Earliest works of prose in Castilian language
-5 sections
-Oriental and Islamic inspiration
-important to history because of humilty it displays while teaching, first prose
Conde lucanor (story)
Characters:
Conde lucanor (the count)
–usually had a problem, asked for advice ::high class
Patronio (servant of the count)
–usually had advice, humbly tell count a story to provide example for his problems ::poorer class, but wise
—Conde lucanor engages in convo with patronio, patronio responds with great humilty and offers to tell him a story (in regards to different social classes)
Stories= examples of wise actions
Renaissance literature
- rediscovery of Greek and roman culture
- a questioning attitude and free inquiry
- emphasized viewing life not as preparation for thereafter, but living for the present
- featured great achievements in art, literature, and science—–led to humanism
Humanism
- seek fulfillment in daily life
- individual has dignity and worth
- challenged long accepted traditions and institutions
- participated in things like art, politics,sports literature and music
First printing (who & when)
1450 Johannes Guttenberg --increased output and accuracy --decreased cost --encouraged literacy & education
Golden age
- emerged at the end of the 15/18th century
- big influence on all aspects of life
- culturally impacted humanism and the count reformation
Golden age literature
–everything becomes more about beauty
–more elegant and calm
–3 main types
•chilvary/romance-deeds of knights, very popular, ballads
•pastoral poetry-contrast to the city life, retirement to country side, rural love, beauty of Spanish landscape
•religious works-more intense after counter reformation, works of spiritual devotion