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8409785058naturalismoan outgrowth of realism that is more less concernedealism that is concerned less with the individual and more with humanity as a whole and with the fact that human reality is at the mercy of the natural environment - tends to seem more intense than realism; introduced in Spain by Emilia Pardo Bazán0
8409785059realismoliterary movement during second half of 19th century concerned with analyzing reality and presenting things as realistically as possible; El hijo, La casa de Bernarda Alba1
8409785060Booma flourishing of literature, poetry and criticism in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s (period of turmoil- Dirty War in Argentina; Cuban Missile Crisis); notable for magical realism2
8409785061Edad MediaEl conde Lucanor3
8409785062libro de caballeríasDon Quijote4
8409785063modernismoat first: aristocratic narcissism, cosmopolitan, intricate language (romantic influences), exotic images (palaces, swans, etc.) later: more interest in political and social issues; A Roosevelt (Rubén Darío), Nuestra Améréica (José Martí)5
8409785064novela picarescaLazarillo de Tormes6
8409785065realismo mágicoused magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations; El ahogado más hermoso del mundo7
8409785066RenacimientoSpanish cultural movement strongly influenced by Italian humanism; Garcilaso de la Vega8
8409785067conceptismoa Baroque literary movement characterized by a rapid rhythm, directness, simple vocabulary, witty metaphors, and wordplay; multiple meanings are conveyed in a very concise manner, and conceptual intricacies are emphasized over elaborate vocabulary; Quevedo9
8409785068culteranismoa Baroque period literary movement characterized by ostentatious vocabulary, complex syntactical order, multiple, complicated metaphors, but highly conventional content; Góngora10
8409785069existencialismophilosophy/literature focused on the belief that humans are powerful and are therefore responsible for what happens to them and have the ability to create individual meaning for themselves; Unamuno11
8409785070postmodernismoliterature that aimed to surpass modernism using paradox, questionable narrators, fantasy, etc.; mostly after WWII; includes magic realism, theater of the absurd , and feminist literature12
8409785071vanguardismoavant-garde movements of literary experimentation; includes the surrealist movement (concerned with dreams and hallucinations); Pablo Neruda, Dragún, Lorca13
8409785072teatro del absurdowith the belief that human existence has no meaning or purpose, these works are intentionally ridiculous, showing man in an illogical, incomprehensible world - yet still carrying a meaningfull message; dialogue includes clichés and word games; Dragún14
8409785073Generación del 98a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active in Spain at the time of the Spanish-American War; criticism, ideals, creativity; included Miguel de Unamuno (religious themes), Antonio Machado (personal and universal themes)15
8409785074costumbrismoa literary interpretation of local everyday life and customs (19th century); romantic interest in extravagant expression + realistic, precise focus on a particular time and place; preceded (and led to) both Romanticism and Realism16
8409785075barrocoa 17th-century cultural and artistic movement that was the evolution of ideas and themes formulated during the Spanish Renaissance; included culteranismo and conceptismo; Góngora and Quevedo in Spain + Sor Juana in Mexico17
8409785076romanticismoin response to neoclassicism, this movement focused on the beauty of imagination, the irregular nature of human spirit, and the natural world; Rima LIII (Bécquer), En una tempestad (Heredia)18
8409785077Siglo de Oroperiod from 1942 (Christopher Columbus, end of Reconquista) to 1659 characterized by a flourishing in Spanish arts and literature that included romantecismo and barroco; Don Quijote, Garcilaso, Góngora, Quevedo19
8409785078neoclasicismomovement in which writers looked back to figures such as Garcilaso and Quevedo and were inspired by classical ideals; later prompted a negative reaction from romanticists, who were themselves criticized by realists20

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