Celestina, Garcilaso de la Vega, and Fray Luis de Leon: Key Aspects

The Celestina

In the theater of the religious legacy of the 15th century and the vitality of popular theater, authors began to experiment with secular subjects, poetic verses, and a greater variety of characters in religious drama (grown-up issues related to the life of Jesus). Secular theater includes burlesque elements, such as the subject of love and pastoral themes.

Authoring and Editing

The first known edition appeared in 1499. In 1500, new editions were published in Toledo and Salamanca, titled

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Spanish Theater Before 1936: Conservative vs. Innovative

Spanish Theater Before 1936

Spanish drama before 1936 was running on two aspects: innovative theater and experimental theater.

The Conservative Theatre

The conservative theatre prevailed in the late nineteenth century. In this line are: benaventina bourgeois comedy or the neo-romantic verse drama and theater comedy of manners. It is represented in private, with its public and mostly bourgeois entrepreneurs, and their characteristics were the consolidation of conservative principles, showing traces

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Medieval Literature: Jarchas, Minstrelsy, and Clergy

The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages marked the evolution of Romance languages from Latin, which, as a language of prestige, was used in monasteries. During this period, narrative in verse (epic), lyric, and drama began to be cultivated. These works were often transmitted through oral tradition. Prominent themes included love, war, and religion. The medieval world revolved around the figure of God (theocentrism).

The Jarchas

Jarchas are lyrical compositions written in eleventh-century Mozarabic. These are

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Spanish Theater Before the Civil War: Commercial vs. Renewal

Theater Prior to the Civil War

The renovation was triumphing in narrative, but Spanish poetry did not come with equal force to the drama. They differ dramatically twofold: the mall with the sole purpose of entertaining the public, and the renewal, with far fewer followers.

Commercial Theater

Designed to meet the demand for public entertainment by the bourgeois of the time. It is a drama of manners, comic or melodramatic, it avoids the ideological conflicts and the trend continues with traditional dramatic.

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García Márquez: Context, Themes, and Literary Stages

Arguments and Context

Historical-Cultural Context

Economic retardation and social inequalities have been sources of constant tensions. As a result, political instability is one of the main problems these nations suffer, which have alternated throughout the twentieth century with periods of democratic governments, repressive dictatorships, and revolutionary movements that generated waves of armed struggle and violence. The most prominent social and cultural trait of Hispanic America is mestizaje. In

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Spanish Golden Age Literature: Key Authors and Works

Literary Works of the Spanish Golden Age

Key Authors and Their Masterpieces

  • Fernando de Rojas: Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea
  • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: Don Quixote de la Mancha
  • San Juan de la Cruz (Juan Yepes): Dark Night, Spiritual Canticle, Living Flame of Love
  • Santa Teresa de Jesus (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada): Way of Perfection, Concepts of God’s Love
  • Mateo Alemán: Guzmán de Alfarache (picaresque novel)
  • Anonymous: Lazarillo de Tormes (picaresque novel)
  • Bernal Díaz del Castillo: History of
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