Medieval Spanish Literature: 14th & 15th Centuries
Medieval Narrative in the 14th Century
The didactic narrative in the 14th century, particularly The Book of Good Love, stands without clear equivalents in European literature. It formally inherits the Mester de Clerecía’s use of the frame narrative, but deviates significantly from this school in many respects. Count Lucanor represents the emergence of narrative prose written in Castilian. The prose works of these authors share important similarities, including a didactic intention, common at the
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Easy Money in Just Cause 2
Coordinates for $20,000 Base Jumps:
- X: 3632, Y: 31521 – Easy base jump event. Repeatable for unlimited money.
- X: 3402, Y: 15504 – Another easy base jump event. Requires completing missions to unlock the Stronghold Roaches event. Also repeatable for $20,000 each time.
Earning Easy Stunt Points
Take a fast car or motorcycle and head to a highway or a long, straight road. Drive at full speed, avoiding other vehicles or staying in the middle of the road. Your Stunt Points will
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Fundamentals of Focus
Once photos are corrected, and before saving the file, you should focus all the pictures to recover sharpness lost during the correction process or simply to fix any possible blur. This is the basic technique to sharpen an entire photo:
- Step 1: Open the photo and set an appropriate zoom level for focusing. Depending on the photo’s size, use between 50% and 100%.
- Step 2: Once the photo is enlarged, select Filter / Sharpen / Unsharp Mask.
- Step 3: In the Unsharp Mask, there will be
Three Top Hats: A Critical Analysis of Miguel Mihura’s Play
Summary of *Three Top Hats*
The argumentative thread of *Three Top Hats* revolves around the relationship between Dionysius and Paula. Dionysius is returning to his hometown to marry his first (and only) girlfriend, Margarita, a 25-year-old woman who is unattractive but virtuous and wealthy. Dionysius stays at a hotel where a group of dancers has arrived, among them Paula, a happy, beautiful, and carefree girl. A group of bourgeois gentlemen organizes an evening party where the contrast between the
Read MoreStereotypes vs. Generalizations in Cultural Studies
Stereotypes vs. Generalizations
Vocabulary
- The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others: Ethnocentric
- The idea that actions have consequences: Karma
- Doubtfulness or uncertainty: Ambiguity
- The time when two people have a romantic relationship before getting married: Courtship
- A state of perfect knowledge or understanding: Enlightenment
- Giving unfair advantages to your own family if you are in a position of power: Nepotism
- To put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result:
Poetic Devices and Narrative Techniques in Literature
Poetic Licenses
Poetic licenses refer to the freedom that poets have to deviate from conventional rules of language to create specific effects. Here are some examples:
- Archaism: The use of an old or obsolete term. It is the survival of the language of the past into the language of the present or terms that do not belong to the age.
- Aphesis: The omission of an initial part of a word or phrase.
- Syncope: The omission of one or more sounds, letters, or syllables from the middle of a word.
- Apocope: The omission