Baroque Cultural Movement: Key Authors and Characteristics
Baroque Cultural Movement
The Baroque cultural movement developed during the seventeenth century in Europe. It is characterized by a highly artificial formal elaboration of artistic and literary works, conveying a generally pessimistic vision. The Baroque has a major presence in Catholic countries.
Ideology:
- Pessimistic and disillusioned view of existence.
- Reality is illusion and only appearance.
- To escape this disillusionment, people take two opposite directions: religious or spiritual enjoyment of
Post-War Spanish Poetry and Theater: Trends and Key Figures
Post-War Spanish Poetry and Theater
Following the Spanish Civil War, many poets remained in exile, with exceptions like Gerardo Diego, Dámaso Alonso, and Vicente Aleixandre. New poetic trends emerged:
Existential Poetry
This style explored themes of loneliness, anxiety, love, and religious sentiment. Luis Rosales, with The House On, exemplifies this trend. Some poets expressed existential anguish and protested against God.
Postismo
In 1945, Carlos Edmundo de Ory founded Postismo, an avant-garde movement
Read MoreSpanish Theater Evolution: Post-1936 to Realism
Spanish Theater After 1936
Theater after 1936, in the postwar period, exacerbated the constraints of the previous era: the need to please the bourgeois audience, censorship, etc. Theater can be classified as follows:
1. Immediate Postwar Period (1940s)
A) Triumphant Drama of the Decade
This commercial theater shows the following trends:
- High-Style Benaventiano Comedy: Characterized by well-made plays, a lack of depth in ideas and approaches, etc. Authors of this trend, such as Edgar Neville and Alfonso
Generation of ’27: Authors, Works, and Legacy
Generation of ’27: A Literary Renaissance
The Generation of ’27 was a group of influential Spanish writers and artists who emerged around 1927. This collective gathered to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the death of Baroque poet Luis de Góngora. The Generation of ’27 opposed Ultraísmo, a movement that sought novelty above all else. Instead, they drew inspiration from classical Spanish poetry and popular lyrical traditions.
Key Influences and Characteristics
The main authors who inspired the
Read MoreCatalan Troubadours: History and Influence
Weighing Troubadour Influence: From Latin to Catalan
Factors Influencing the Evolution of Catalan:
- The influence of pre-Roman languages (substrate): This left a mark on the lexicon and phonetics, such as palatalization of the initial ‘l’ cluster.
- The intensity of Romanization: Stronger in coastal areas and weaker inland.
- The influence of superstrate: The languages of invading peoples favored linguistic evolution. For example, Germanic semantics in different fields.
- Adstrate: Influence in words and ways
Medieval Literature and Troubadour Poetry
Medieval Literature
Medieval Literature spans between the 5th century (476) and the 15th century (1453).
- High Middle Ages: Formation of the Romance languages (11th and 12th centuries).
- Late Middle Ages: Appearance of relevant literature (12th to 15th centuries).
General Characteristics
- Feudalism: The system of social, political, and economic organization. It was based on a class division, bound by vassalage contracts. The three basic classes were nobility, clergy, and the common people. The feudal pact