Literary Worlds, Sequences, and Textual Forms

Literary Worlds

  • Realistic: A world represented as close as possible to historical truth, considering events and effects, a time character.
  • Legendary: Realities rooted in oral tradition where villages are completely fictitious or based on historical facts.
  • Fantastic: Accounts where events occur in reality, but then supernatural events destabilize the normal order, breaking natural laws.
  • Wonderful: A fictitious universe with its own laws, featuring popular fantasy characters (fairies, ogres, goblins,
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Delacroix and Fortuny: Artistic Influences and Masterpieces

Delacroix: Stylistic Analysis and Interpretation

Stylistic Analysis

Delacroix, influenced by Michelangelo, exhibits several characteristics in his works:

  • Triangular Composition
  • Terribilitá: The depiction of characters consumed by unstoppable passion.

He was also influenced by:

  • Giorgione: In the use of colors, particularly reds and ochres.
  • Titian (Tiziano Vecellio): Also in the use of ochre and red colors.
  • GĂ©ricault: In the composition of his works.
  • Rubens: In the portrayal of troubled characters and dynamic
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Courbet’s “Burial at Ornans”: A Study in Realism

The painting features a predominance of horizontal lines, broken only by the cross. The contours are well defined with very limited alignments. The chromatic range leans towards brown (representing the land) and black (symbolizing mourning), contrasted by the white of the church, the village women, and a goose. The treatment of daylight suggests the early hours of dawn, with shadows that are not yet strongly defined. Loose brushwork emphasizes linearity over a purely pictorial approach.

Composition

The

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Understanding Mass Media: Journalism, Language, and Genres

Mass Media: An Overview

Mass media (television, radio, print, internet) are a phenomenon of great influence today, frequently visited by all. The press has always existed, but the invention of the linotype started a golden age, now also present on the internet.

Types of Mass Media

  • Television: Broadcasts news previously published in videotape form, using images and signs.
  • Radio: Uses language codes and sound, allowing instant transmission of live events with simple language.
  • Newspapers and Magazines:
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Trajan’s Column: History and Significance

Trajan’s Column

General Documentation

  • Author: Apollodorus of Damascus
  • Chronology: 2nd Century AD
  • Location: Forum of Trajan (Rome)
  • Size: 40m in height
  • Material: Marble
  • Style: Imperial Roman
  • Type: Relief
  • Theme: Memorial

Formal Analysis

Technique and Material:

This work is a marble carving on a shaft, and a subtractive technique was used with abrasives. The shaft is smooth in certain areas. It is a relief sculpture that appears sunken and in half-relief: low relief incisions are representing buildings thoroughly;

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19th-Century Society: Realism and Naturalism in Literature

Social and Cultural Changes in the 19th Century

The triumph of the bourgeoisie and increased mechanization led to the abandonment of liberal ideas. The capitalist system was born, in which industrial production affected economic, political, and social spheres. The Industrial Revolution and capitalism transformed Western society: the inherited nobility lost importance, the aristocracy of money rose, and the industrial proletariat emerged, subject to production needs, unprotected in the power of the

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