Overview of Catalan Literature: From Verdaguer to Carner
Jacinto Verdaguer (1845-1902)
The great creator of modern literary Catalan. Author of poetry themed historiopatriotica, Lirica Amatoria during youth. Noted for its sweeping and epic poetry and religious mysticism. Trained in reading Latin classical and romantic authors.
Example Work: Reflection desenganyada
Topic: Reflection desenganyada (text on poetry)
Resources: Hyperbaton / metaphor / personification / Rhetoric question. Chained rhyme / Quartet (10-6)
Miguel Costa i Llobera (1854-1922)
Experiences influence current romantic in its first stage poetry. It OrderNo priest and doctor of theology. Escribi tambien narrative poetry, including the popular fable and fantasy literature.
Example Work: Pine of Formentor
Genre: Ode
Form: Quintets Alexandrians, hexasilab broken foot. Caesura 6 +6.
Theme: Experience of the landscape, family biographies.
Resources: Metonymy: my heart / personification / comparison.
Joan Maragall (1860-1911)
He became a poet and intellectual reference modernism. He won a floral games of Bcn. His work as a translator is excellent.
Example Work: Blind Cow
Theme: Contemplation of nature personified
Form: Paralelisme decasyllabic / blank verse.
Francesc Vicent Garcia (1579-1623)
Known as rector vallfogona is the supreme representative of Catalan Baroque. Cultivated in several genera poetics Which authors Castilians imposed models of prestige. Domain moral poetry.
Example Work: To a Beautiful Lady
Topic: Dune woman contemplating QE Sesta hairstyle.
Structure: Two quartets / Tercet
Form: Sonnet verses decasyllabic. Rima cross.
Resources: Antithesis / synaesthesia (a sweet fighter) Hyperbaton (1st verse)
Bonaventura Carles Aribau (1789-1862)
Illustrated the nation Fromacio, contributing to the introduction of major romantic authors. Target efforts to translate lempresa Walter Scott. Pass to live in Madrid to work for Lempresari Catalan financier and Gaspar remiss.
Example Work: La Pàtria
Theme: Commitment to the nation / praise of his employer.
Form: Octave / cross rhymes / verses Alexandrina.
Resources: Hyperbole / compare / personification / anaphora.
Jordi de Sant Jordi (1416-1424)
Courtier, poet and music that She was the excellent service King Alfonso V of Aragon. The songbook contains 18 songs with the common feature of fine love, with resources of troubadour poetry. Rcicla old themes and forms.
Example Work: Prisoner
Topic: Laliberament request.
Form: Octaves / encadenada. decasilab rhyme.
Resources: Antithesis / anaphora.
Ramon Llull (1232-1316)
The conversion to Christianity of the new residents was a primary goal of kings, intellectuals and preachers Lords and to preserve social cohesion. Ramon Llull devoted life and work. Lllull developed a method to rationally argue the principles of Christianity.
Example Work: You, Santa Maria, Virgin Woman
Topic: The love of the Virgin Mary.
Form: Decasyllabic Two couplets of verses (first 4 and last two) two remaining 8. chorus verse 4. censorship 4 +6 4 +4.
Resources: Anaphora: you-> love for the Virgin Mary Metonymy: 14.
Ausiàs March (1400-1459)
Ausias renewed forms dexpresio poetiqes. Based on the troubadour tradition and recycling materials that were outside. (Classical Latin ..) Sinteresa in lanalisi of love poetry and sves diseases, the conflict between desire and moral conscience.
Example Work: Poem 13
Topic: Death by Lamor.
Form: Stanzas of decasyllabic verses. 5 octaves. Cross rhyme.
Resources: Hyperbole throughout the poem.
Guillem de Berguedà (1138-1196)
Arrauixat was a feudal lord and violent, uses poetry as a weapon to attack their enemies, and denigrate them publicly. William avoids the clichés of the time.
Example Work: Cansoneta Up and Flat
Form: Cobla. heptasilabs.
Genre: Sirventes.
Resources: Ironia / hyperbole / simile / litote (2a)
Cerverí de Girona
Troubadour aulic serving the court of King James I. songs very extensive and rich. His production is characterized by a variety of shapes, styles and registers used. poetry often marked by a deep moral reflection.
Example Work: No’l Prenatz Per Bon Marit
Form: Viadera, and heptasyllables pentasyllable.
Resources: Anaphora / periphrasis / satire.
Josep Carner (1884-1970)
Created a new style of political journalism in Belgium. He fought for profesionalitzacio Catalan literature. Was one of the few diplomats who remained loyal to the Republic.
Example Work: [Insert Relevant Work Title]
Form: Verses Alexandrina.
Resources: Comparison / personification.
Rhetorical Resources
- Aliteracio: Repeat sounds
- Paranomasia: Putting together two or more words that sound alike
- Onomatopoeia: Imitate natural sounds
- Anaphora: Repeat the same expression in early verse
- Paralelisme: Repeat syntactic structure
- Polisindeton: Use of necessary conjunctions
- Asyndeton: Omit conjunctions
- Overlapping: A phrase that does not fit within the limits of a verse
- Hyperbaton: Alter normal word order
- Comparison: A is like B
- Metaphor: A is B
- Personification: Attributing human qualities
- Metonymy: Designate something with the name of something else
- Synecdoche: Designate a concept with another larger one
- Hyperbole: Exaggeration of qualities
- Synaesthesia: Combine two sensations from different sensorial fields
- Antithesis: Two concepts that have different meanings