Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for Arts and Humanities for Primary education

Realism in American Drama

American drama shifted away from romanticism to focus on the authentic struggles, dialogues, and social realities of everyday, middle-class people.

Henrik Ibsen’s Influence

Ibsen pioneered the "problem play," which heavily influenced American playwrights like Arthur Miller to write realistic dramas that tackle moral dilemmas and societal flaws.

Growth of American Drama (17th–19th Century)

Early American theater was heavily restricted by Puritan beliefs. It slowly grew in the 18th and 19th centuries through melodramas and traveling shows before maturing into serious literary art in the 20th century.

Post-World War II Drama

Post-war drama focused heavily on psychological realism, disillusionment, existentialism, and the...

1. Describe It

What do you see? Write a description of the object without opinion. How would you describe this painting to a person who could not see it?

• a. Form of art: Whether architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.
• b. Medium of work: Whether clay, stone, steel, paint, etc.
• c. Size: Is the size of the artwork significant? Is it unusually large or small?
• d. Format: Vertical or horizontal format?
• e. Line: Description of how line describes shape and space (volume). Distinguish between lines of objects and lines of composition (e.g., thick, thin, variable, irregular).
• f. Shape Relationships: Relationships between shapes (e.g., large and small, overlapping, crowded, negative space, etc.).
• g. Color: Description of color and color scheme (palette).
• h. Texture:

The Avant-Garde: A 20th Century Artistic Revolution

The term Avant-Garde designates a series of artistic movements that occurred in Europe during the first third of the twentieth century. The purpose was to radically renew literature and art, opening new paths and aesthetic forms. Most avant-garde movements reached their peak in Europe between the two world wars, primarily from 1914 through the 1920s and 1930s.

Key Features of the Avant-Garde

• Artistic Revolution: A break from traditional art, especially realism.
• Originality: A claim for absolute innovation.
• Experimentation: Constant research into new expressive techniques.
• Public Engagement: The removal of traditional public barriers.
• Short Duration: Movements often succeeded one another within a

The Role of Television in Modern Society

It is a well-known fact that television, and in particular the news, informs us of all the events that occur daily. Through this medium, we stay updated on positive developments, negative news, interesting events, sports, and technological innovations. However, television is also a business, and its primary objectives often revolve around capturing audiences and generating revenue.

Entertainment and Social Connection

On one hand, television entertains us during our free time with:

• Soap operas
• Series
• Films
• Documentaries

In this aspect, it serves as a vital instrument for many, such as the elderly who may have limited mobility. They are often grateful for television, as it makes their daily lives more engaging...

Historical Changes

After the French Revolution (1789) and the end of the Old Regime aristocracy, the following century was marked by political tensions that established constitutional monarchies and republics as methods of government. This climate of confusion and insecurity manifested in the cultural and artistic movement of Romanticism, which had a lasting impact on nineteenth-century artistic expression.

The bourgeoisie, a social class, affirmed its powerful individualism. The British Empire, driven by the British bourgeoisie, influenced the world with economic changes. This industrialization process also impacted literature. Scientific and technological development was significant in literature's search for truth, reality, and respect for...

Descriptive Language and the Power of Nouns

Appropriate use of words is essential for the language of description. For vividness, we need nouns. They contribute to establishing key semantic fields for a text to be understood. The brushstrokes that the writer uses to describe something are nominal groups. Nominal groups consist of lexis, syntax, and phonology. Descriptive discourse utilizes details and traits of size, distance, color, order, and intensity; nouns and adjectives help with those descriptions.

Words may be classified according to their origin, register, degree of formality, formation, and defining power. Transparent and compound words are very important. Nouns may be abstract or concrete. Concrete nouns are abundant in descriptions....

Oracle User Creation and Privileges

To create a user, you must have the CREATE SESSION system privilege. Use the following syntax:

CREATE USER <user> IDENTIFIED BY <password> | EXTERNALLY
DEFAULT TABLESPACE <space>
TEMPORARY TABLESPACE <space>
QUOTA <xx> K | UNLIMITED ON <space>
PROFILE <profile>
PASSWORD EXPIRE
ACCOUNT LOCK | UNLOCK;

Example:

CREATE USER zebra IDENTIFIED BY cebrapassword
DEFAULT TABLESPACE system
TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp
QUOTA UNLIMITED ON system;

Managing Sessions and User Deletion

To force the completion or termination of a session, use: ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION 'sid, serial#';. To delete a user, you must have the DROP USER system privilege.

Syntax:

• DROP USER <user>;
• DROP USER <

Interior Monologue (also known as 'stream of consciousness') is a literary technique that attempts to capture on paper the pressure flow of the real world and the inner world imagined by one of the protagonists. The Psychological Novel or Novel of Psychological Analysis, also known as psychological realism, is a work of prose fiction that emphasizes the internal characterization of its characters, their motives, circumstances, and internal action, which is born and developed from the external action. Prolepsis requires a certain expertise in handling, since it is difficult to maintain the reader's interest when they know when it will end. Romanticism is a cultural and political movement that originated in Germany, Enlightenment, and Classicism,...

Features and Reflection of Esperpento in Bohemian Lights

The birth of absurdity occurs in 1920 with the publication of Bohemian Lights, which is the culmination of Valle-Inclán's art, encompassing themes, characters, settings, and style. The author defines his aesthetic through three texts derived from Bohemian Lights and an interview. The essence of this art lies in the point of view; the basis of the 'esperpentizador' process is distance, the strangeness of vision that is scornful, merciless, and inhuman. Absurdity does not try to reproduce the real world but rather presents a grotesque distortion of reality that cannot be reflected rationally. In Valle-Inclán's case, the goal is to present a distorted reality to characterize the distortion,...

SQL Commands for Databases and Tables

Create and Use a Database

Create and use a database:

• create database Nombretabla;
• use Nombretabla;

Delete and View Databases

• Delete a database: drop database Nombrebbdd;
• View databases: show databases;

Table Structure and Data

• View table information and columns: desc Nombretabla;
• View table data: select * from Nombretabla;
• Delete a table: drop table Nombretabla;

Modify Column Order and Constraints

• Move a column to first position: alter table nombretabla modify Nombreytipo first; (places it in 1st position)
• Move a column after another: alter table nombretabla modify Nombreytipo after nombrecampo; (places it after...)
• Set a field as NOT NULL after creation: alter table nombretabla modify Nombrecampoytipo not null;
• Set a