Federico García Lorca: Life, Work, and Themes
Federico García Lorca: A Literary Journey
1898-1936: Born in Fuentevaqueros, Granada. Studied law. (L) Music, with his friend Manuel de Falla. 1919-1928: Student residence with Dalí, JRJ, Buñuel. 1929-30: In New York and other American cities. 1932: Directs representations of classical theater throughout Spain with ‘La Barraca’. G: Shot by the rebels in Granada.
Lorca’s work expresses his intense vitality marked by an agonizing sense of death (constant dualities). His life reflected passion, love,
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Miguel Hernández: Love, Death, and Life
I come with 3 wounds of love, of death, of life.
Love + Life = Death
Death = Life + Love
Death + Love = Life
The metaphor of the wound is considered to belong to the language of passionate love in tragic medieval songbooks.
Love in the Poetry of Miguel Hernández
In the first stage, the poet reproduces influences from 19th-century romantics, such as Bécquer and Espronceda. His compositions show a writer leaning towards mythology and eroticism, often with the theme
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Location
This text is a fragment of the Cantar de Mio Cid. It is a narrative poem divided into three songs: The Song of Exile, The Song of the Weddings, and The Song of the Affront of Corpes. The text we are discussing is a part of it.
This epic poem, also called an *epic poem*, has an unknown author. However, it is believed it could have been written by two minstrels, one from Soria and another from Burgos, due to the specific references given for sites that appear throughout the work. We know the
Read MoreCastilian Prose and Literature: 13th-14th Centuries
Origins of Castilian Prose
- Fernando III established Castilian as the language of chancery, replacing Latin. He declared Castilian the official language for all documents and texts.
- Alfonso X the Wise, son of Ferdinand III, promoted the Toledo School of Translators. He inspired historical, scientific, cultural, and literary works that helped establish a written policy for Castilian prose.
- In the 13th century, the first collections of stories or fables were translated into Arabic. The two most important
Spanish Novel: 1960s Evolution to Present
Spanish Novel: From the 1960s to the Present
The 1960s: Beyond Social Realism
In the 1960s, Spanish novelists began moving away from the social realist novel of the previous decade, experimenting with new narrative forms. This tendency led to more complex novels, moving away from the simple, testimonial realist tale. Authors looked to figures like Proust, Joyce, and Kafka for inspiration. Latin American novelists of the 1960s, such as Vargas Llosa, Cortázar, and Gabriel García Márquez, also became
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The Evolution of Translation and Prose in Medieval Spain
The School of Toledo Translators
In the twelfth century, the School of Toledo translators focused on translating Arabic texts into Latin and Hebrew. These translations served an educational purpose. From the thirteenth century, the first translations into Castilian Romance began. Two famous Eastern collections of parables, Sendebar and Kalila and Dimna, were translated into Castilian.
Alfonso X the Wise
King Alfonso X the Wise significantly contributed
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