Spanish Literature: From the 18th Century to Realism
18th Century Spanish Literature
The 18th century in Spanish literature did not reach the brilliance of the previous Baroque century. However, it saw the emergence of pre-Romantic sensibilities and distinct literary environments.
- Posbarroco: Offered little novelty, continuing themes from the previous century.
- Neoclassicism: Flourished during the reign of Carlos III, with the rise of Enlightenment ideas, uniformity of style, and the predominance of reason.
- Preromanticism: Emerged towards the end of the
Culteranismo and Conceptismo: Baroque Literary Styles
Culteranismo and Conceptismo
In Baroque literature, culteranismo and conceptismo represent distinct approaches to writing, each characterized by unique features such as sensory richness and a taste for Latinate influences. Baroque writers often sought originality through hyperbolic exaggeration and the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas.
These features manifest in two primary trends, both emphasizing complexity of expression, either at the expense of content (conceptismo) or form (culteranismo).
Culteranismo
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Twentieth Century Historiography. Branches profundas. Investigación thorough and methodological research and interpretation of sources and treaties. Corrientes XX Cultural History. The music historians moved to the early twentieth centuries in the wake of borrowing from Art History many of the terms. Wolfflin, in particular, influenced ideological history without names, devoid of biographical facts in relation to positivism and aware of shapes and styles. The history of art or music would be branches
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Literary Texts
The Lyric
The lyrical text has the following characteristics:
- Provides a very subjective and emotional speech where the poetic function predominates.
- Does not develop a story; its content is the expression of feelings, emotions, and ideas. The poetic voice belongs to fiction.
- Focuses on one aspect, is short, and allows for the accumulation of expressive resources.
- Usually occurs in verse, but can also be lyrical or poetic prose.
Communicative Process in Lyrical Text
The lyrical text issuer
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This can be seen in the Alhambra. In many cases, it hides the architecture itself because there is plenty of decoration. It aims to give a luxurious appearance, but the structures are made with poor materials. Decoration is applied to architecture or objects like a skin, covering everything. Indoors, illusionism aims to create a transformation of space through spatial continuity and three-dimensionality. It is covered from floor to ceiling, as seen in textiles.
There are two basic principles:
- Repetition:
Understanding Scientific, Legal, and Advertising Texts
Scientific and Technical Texts
Scientific and technical texts are intended to convey universal knowledge or objectives that can be verified and processed. Sometimes, scientific texts are informative, i.e., for the general public, but the audience must have some scientific knowledge. The purpose of informative scientific and technical texts determines the prevalence of the referential function and denotative use of language to express the message clearly and precisely. It is common to use monosemy