Lope de Vega’s New Comedy: Features & Themes
Key Features of Lope de Vega’s New Comedy
Lope de Vega’s New Comedy (Comedia Nueva) blended elements of Greek theater (a mixture of religious and popular elements, and lyrical and dramatic elements) with freer forms. It deviated from the traditional Greek model in several ways:
- It offered a more relatable theater experience for families, covering a variety of historical and religious topics drawn from chronicles, ballads, and tradition.
- It reflected monarchical sentiments, honor, national pride, and
Medieval Spanish Literature: Mester de Juglaría and Clerecía
Mester de Juglaría and Mester de Clerecía
- Mester de Juglaría (Minstrelsy): Irregular metric verses, long runs of polymers, monorhymes in assonance.
- Mester de Clerecía (Clergy): Regular meter, stanza in rhyme, four Alexandrine verses, monorhymes in consonance.
Content
- Mester de Juglaría: Related to the epic. Aims to inform.
- Mester de Clerecía: Historical, religious, aims to teach.
Gonzalo de Berceo
Born in the late 12th and died in the mid-13th century. He was the first author with a known name. He
Read MoreKey Figures in Medieval Castilian Literature: Ruiz, Berceo, and Alfonso X
Key Figures in Medieval Castilian Literature
Juan Ruiz de Hita, Arcipreste
Nothing is known with certainty about this writer’s life, beyond the data he provides in his only work, The Book of Good Love. This is the most important work of clergy in the 14th century. It is an autobiographical work written in a way that reflects the new values provided by the bourgeoisie: the enjoyment of the pleasures of life. It also presents the continuing debate between religious and secular sense. The author’s intention
Read MoreMiguel Hernández: Exploring Themes of Love, Life, and Death
Love, Life, and Death in Miguel Hernández’s Poetry
The poetry of Miguel Hernández is pure vitalism, present in his life, blood, passion, war, and love in all its intensity, while death is a constant presence throughout life.
“Perito en lunas”
“Perito en lunas” is an homage to Góngora and an exercise in style, reflecting the intellectual trends of the Generation of ’27. Love, life, and death do not appear with great intensity in this work.
“El rayo que no cesa” (The Ray That Does Not Stop)
The theme
Read MoreSpanish Poetry: 20th Century to Post-War Era
This period encompasses diverse literary movements and figures. To present an organized view of the poetry of this era, we propose the following literary moments:
- Renewal of lyric.
- Turn-of-the-century poetry: literary vanguard, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Generation of ’27.
- Poetry marked by war.
Modernism and Generation of ’98
Modernism is an artistic movement that emerged in Europe and America during the late 19th century in response to the crisis of the century. Poetry emerged with the goal of formal
Read MoreValencian Dialects & Catalan Poetry After 1940
Valencian South
It is spoken in the region of Safor, part of Ribera Baja, the Coast, County Vall d’Albaida, Alcoià, Marina Alta, and Marina Baja.
- Phonetics: Trend of vowel harmony: all-end is pronounced as the unstressed syllable preceding or open, or open and tonic above.
- Morphosyntax: Substitution of the weak second-person pronoun you or the form the by the form is.
The Alicante Dialect
Extends throughout the counties of Alicante, Bajo Vinalopó, and Vinalopó.
- Phonetics:
- Alicante dialect also presents