20th Century Galician Prose: A Literary Renaissance
The Irmandades da Fala and the Rise of Galician Narrative
The first third of the 20th century witnessed a flourishing of Galician prose, marked by the emergence of distinct literary groups. The Irmandades da Fala (Brotherhood of Speech), a cultural and political movement advocating for the Galician language, played a crucial role in this renaissance. Many members of the Irmandades, such as Xosé Lesta Meis, Leandro Carré Alvarellos, Xaime Quintanilla, and Armando Cotarelo Valledor, focused on writing
Read More20th Century Spanish & Latin American Literature: Realism & Narrative Renewal
20th Century Spanish Literature
Miguel Delibes (1920)
Early Novels and Aesthetics
Delibes debuted in 1947 with The Shadow of the Cypress is Long, a novel exploring themes of death and childhood. He followed this with The Road, which contrasts rural and urban life through a child’s awakening. The Red Leaf and Rats tackled social issues like poverty and retirement.
Five Hours with Mario
Considered Delibes’ masterpiece, Five Hours with Mario features Carmen, a middle-class woman reflecting on her deceased
Read MoreLiterary Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Texts
Belles Lettres
A literary text is an artistic text, i.e., belles lettres, which is aesthetic and creates beauty and provokes emotions using words. We could define literature as writing that claims consideration based on the beauty of its form or emotional effect.
The Canonization
We can observe a high density of literary resources, such as similes, parallelisms, and ellipsis, at the microstyle level in sentences, paragraphs, or short poems. Other texts, especially narrative texts like realistic novels,
Read MoreRomanticism: A Comprehensive Overview
Romanticism
Historical Context
- American Revolution (1776)
- French Revolution (1789)
Romanticism emerged as a reaction to the dramatic social and living conditions of the time. Authors challenged the existing way of thinking, sparking an artistic and philosophical movement.
Who Started the Movement?
- William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
These poets, known for their ballads, played a pivotal role in the beginning of Romanticism. Civilization during this period flourished in art, culture, literature, and
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User Accounts and Passwords
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VLAN 30 Access Ports (Port Security Enabled)
PC1
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Maritime English Vocabulary and Phrases: A Comprehensive Guide
Maritime English Vocabulary and Phrases
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 37
Choose the term that best fits the definition below: “the line used to moor the vessel to a mooring buoy”
a) buoy line
Question 38
Choose the standard phrase that is talking about an action happening at the time of speaking.
a) I am approaching buoy number 1
Question 39
Choose the standard phrase that is talking about a future action
c) I will decrease speed.
Question 44
What does the standard phrase “you must take a tug according
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