Celestina: Literary Analysis & Spanish Linguistic Concepts
Celestina: A Literary Crossroads
Celestina, published in the late fifteenth century, is a work that brings together a crossroads of elements. It blends loving idealism with middle-class settings, characters of high birth with servants, and Latinate style and rhetoric with colloquial expressions.
Fernando de Rojas found the first act and decided to continue the work. The author of the first act remains unknown. Rojas was born in 1475 in Toledo and died in 1541.
Editions of Celestina
- 1st Edition (1499,
Unveiling Gabriel García Márquez’s Masterpiece
Published in 1981, Chronicle of a Death Foretold is one of the great works of Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. In general, this novel has the following features:
- Treatment of universal themes: fate, death, honor, isolation, violence, etc.
- Renewal of narrative techniques: different points of view, a rupture of temporal linearity, and so on.
- Integration of the fantastic and the real.
The novel is based on a true story that occurred in the writer’s native country when he was a child. It recounts,
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La Celestina: Origin, Themes, and Character
The first act of La Celestina was first published in 1499 in villages. Fernando de Rojas found the first act, attributed to an unknown author, and decided to continue it. Originally titled Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea, it was later renamed La Celestina over the years, largely due to the strength of the character Celestina. Rojas wrote the work with a moralizing intention, warning against unthinking and passionate love, with death punishing the participants.
Read MoreLinguistic Strategies in Argumentative Texts
Discourse Mode & Argumentation
To convey their viewpoint, the text utilizes an expository-argumentative discourse, with argumentation being the most important part of the text. The arguments used are many:
- Argument by objection
- Argument from analogy
- Exemplification
- Argument from authority
Vocabulary & Subjectivity
While drawing from the field of journalism and using idiomatic language, as well as registers used in worship, it is important to remember that this is a humanistic text. The author employs
Read MoreBaroque Literary Themes and Poetic Styles
Baroque Literature: Themes and Characteristics
Thematic Foundations of Baroque Literature
Baroque literature reflected the climate of political-economic decline and social tension of the times, which is why its works are filled with realism. The themes and topics used recreate a pessimistic and disconcerting vision of the world and life. These include:
- The Vanities of Life: Baroque authors expressed their criticisms and vicious irony by depicting the vanities of the world.
- Transience and Ephemeral Existence:
Early American Studies: History, Literature, and Cultural Foundations
Native American Cultures and Languages
Creation Narratives
Which Native American creation narratives appear in our text?
- The Iroquois of the Northeast
- The Pimas of the Southwest
Native American Languages
What was the approximate number of Native American languages in existence at the time of the voyages to the New World?
- 1800
Religious Beliefs
What term describes the kind of religious belief held by most Native Americans?
Christopher Columbus: Voyages and Legacy
Naming the Islands
What name did Columbus give