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2. Romantic Prose
Romantic prose had three main forms of manifest: the historical novel, the manners and the serial.
The historical novel, usually set in the Middle Ages, did not aspire to accurately reconstruct the past but simply to present in those environments conflicts and romantic interests. Their peak shows the desire of this romantic escape. Include two novels: The youth of Henry the Sufferer Larra and The Lord of Bembibre of Enrique Gil y Carrasco.
The literary expression of manners - manners box - recreated in a superficial way life mainly middle class and depicted a series of scenes and types.
Finally, theserial was a genre which was published in separate editions of newspapers or deliveries. It told of a sentimental conflicts...

Latin Prepositions and Meanings

• Apud: junto a (next to, among)
• Prope: cerca de (near)
• Procul a: lejos de (far from)
• A / Ab: desde (from)
• Post: detrás de (behind)
• Inter: entre (between)
• Sub: debajo de (under)
• Circum: alrededor de (around)
• Per: por (by, through)
• Trans: más allá de (beyond)

Latin Declensions

First Declension (A-Stem)

Second Declension (O-Stem)

Third Declension (Consonant & I-Stem)

Modernism and the Generation of '98

Whether they are considered a single art movement or two different literary manifestations, they share a strong intention to renew Hispanic literature of the 20th century in all genres. However, the differences lie in how each stream approached change. Poetry is more closely associated with Modernism, while the novel and essay are more characteristic of the Generation of '98.

The Historical Context

Two circumstances caused the emergence of these authors in the Spanish intellectual and literary scene:

• The atmosphere of political, economic, and moral crisis at the end of the 19th century.
• The loss of the last Spanish colonies in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines in 1898 (the event that gives the name to this

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: Romanticism's Voice

Life and Literary Journey

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, born in Seville and later working in Madrid, contributed to various publications. He engaged with the poetry of Heinrich Heine and published works such as Cartas a una mujer (Letters to a Woman). He married Casta Esteban and served as a censor of novels under the conservative government of González Bravo. During a period of temporary exile, he likely worked on the manuscript of his renowned Rimas. He died in Madrid.

The Rimas (Rhymes): Poetic Innovation

Bécquer's poetic renewal is characterized by the creation of intimate, concise poetry, marked by apparent simplicity and a lack of artifice. This approach distinguishes his work from the more elaborate...

Luis de Góngora

His work exhibits a full range of poetic tones. It can range from the most serious, beautiful, and noble to the comic, the humorous, and the burlesque.

Letrillas and Romances

Letrilla: thematic. They maintain variety, aliveness, beauty, grace, and a cultivated style.

Romances: diversity of themes and motifs: love, religious, mythological, and burlesque.

Sonnets

Learned poems that address topics such as love, praise, perfection, and the complicated desengaño (disillusionment). The sonnet poet seeks structure and the creation of a distinct, consummate poetic language. He uses hyperbaton, long enunciations, metonymy, antithesis, abundant adjectives, and other rhetorical devices.

Longer Poems

Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea: written in...

Literature: Poetry in Rome

Poetry flourished in Rome from the Republic to the reign of Augustus, when Rome conquered Greece and Sicily. Context and wars, including the Punic Wars, shaped the literature of the period.

Horace

Horace (65–8 BC), of the family of the Dillius (a freedman family), was a member of the neoteroi or poetae novi (the "new poets") alongside Cicero, who described them as such. Everything was in ignorance of the relevant period. Virgil and Ovid can be considered Latin lyric poets, but Horace was the most representative, as his work reflects himself and his deep sentiments.

He was inspired by two great Greek lyric poets: Sappho and Alcaeus of Lesbos, who created lyric poetry in the 7th century BC. He adapted their main metres,...

Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado (1947)

La Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado, promulgada el 26 de julio de 1947, fue la quinta de las Leyes Fundamentales del Reino. Fue sometida a referéndum nacional y aprobada por el pueblo español. Esta ley definía a España como un Reino, estableciendo la sucesión de Franco como Jefe del Estado y regulando la continuidad institucional.

Principios Fundamentales y Atribuciones del Jefe del Estado

El Jefe del Estado, Francisco Franco, asumía la plenitud de la soberanía nacional, ejerciendo la suprema potestad de dictar normas jurídicas y de gobierno. La ley consolidaba su posición como líder indiscutible de la nación.

Personificación de la Soberanía Nacional

El Jefe del Estado personifica...

Avant-Garde Movements: Defining the Isms

Avant-garde movements, or Ismos, were not a homogeneous group. Key movements include:

• Surrealism: Seeking to overcome rationality through the unconscious and imagination.
• Dadaism: Defending absurd art created by chance.
• Ultraism: An anti-modernist movement focused on novel metaphors and expressive ornamentation.

These movements shared common traits: a break with traditional beauty, total artistic freedom, and a desire for novelty.

Modernism vs. Avant-Garde

While Modernism sought exquisite beauty, the Avant-Garde replaced traditional aesthetics with groundbreaking, provocative, and sometimes vulgar elements. It escaped to exotic locations or the past, interpreting reality with new eyes to find fresh human perspectives....

Didactic Poetry and Fable

The Teaching Poetry

Didactic poetry includes works by authors whose primary purpose is to inform. In these texts, the content is prioritized more thoroughly than the form. The language is colorful and complex, utilizing specific, concrete vocabulary rarely found in everyday speech.

Didactic poems respond to the need to fill a gap in the field of education. Their contents align with what we now call the trial, whether humanistic or scientific.

These works have their roots in Hellenistic literature, were favored by the Romans, and have reached our modern era. The poet typically addresses their book to important figures in the cultural and political life of the time, whose names are frequently mentioned in the opening lines,...

Garcilaso de la Vega

Garcilaso de la Vega was a poet who adapted Petrarchan love themes to Castilian metrics. He mastered the language of love, allowing him to express his deepest sentiments. His notable works include 3 eclogues (long poems featuring idealized pastoral dialogues about feelings) and 38 sonnets.

Idealization of Love and Classical Myths

For Garcilaso, love is the most important aspect of life. When love is unrequited, the poet becomes melancholic. He drew inspiration from classical poets like Ovid, Virgil, and Horace, and utilized myths of antiquity to compare his experiences to those of figures such as Apollo, Venus, or Mars.

Fray Luis de León

An Augustinian friar, Fray Luis de León studied at the University of Salamanca, where...