Jacinto Verdaguer: Literary Works and Linguistic Concepts

Jacinto Verdaguer: Atlantis and Canigó

Jacinto Verdaguer was born in 1845 in Folgueroles, a village on the plain of Vic. He was both a priest and was dedicated to the spiritual life as well as the literary one. The life is the creation of a romantic. The temperament of a passionate, idealistic, and rebellious artist led to moments of glory. Verdaguer is the creator of modern Catalan literature, he is the greatest Catalan poet, and he situated Catalan literature at the height of great European literature.

Atlantis

Atlantis is a complex work that blends religious items and paid items. The work gives much prominence to the cataclysms and catastrophes that unleash the elements of nature.

Canigó

Canigó explains the mythical and legendary origin of Catalonia. Canigó is the most ambitious and representative work of Verdaguer and is the founding epic of the Catalan nation.

Linguistic Concepts

Derivative Words

These are words that have been formed from the primitive root of a word and one or more derivative morphemes.

Derivative Morphemes

These are classified into three groups: prefixes that go before the root, suffixes that go after, and infixes that go between the root and the suffix.

The Interview

An interview consists of extending a dialogue between two people: the interviewer and the interviewee. An informative interview focuses on what the interviewee knows or is aware of regarding certain concrete facts. An interview of a character tries to introduce the reader to the personality of the person interviewed, making a portrait from their character, their opinions, and their sentiments.

Structure of an Interview

1. Presentation: Reflects the identity of the person interviewed and explains why the interview is taking place.
2. Dialogue: Transcript of questions and answers.
3. Closing Commentary: End of the interviewer's comments.

The Debate

A debate is a journalistic genre where a few people exhibit various public opinions on a particular matter, ordinarily present. The players must defend their views and arguments to refute the opinions and arguments of others. There must also be a moderator who directs the order of issues and gives the floor to participants.

The Self-Knowledge Test

A test is a type of survey prepared specifically to know the personality, ability, interests, and behavior of a person.

Diglossia

This is a situation within a linguistic community in which two languages are used with a different social value: language A is used in areas considered high, such as publishing, and language B is considered low and used in private, informal areas.