10162277343 | naturalismo | an 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 Bazán | 0 | |
10162277344 | realismo | literary movement during second half of 19th century concerned with analyzing reality and presenting things as realistically as possible; El hijo, La casa de Bernarda Alba | 1 | |
10162277345 | Boom | a 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 realism | 2 | |
10162277346 | Edad Media | El conde Lucanor | 3 | |
10162277347 | libro de caballerías | Don Quijote | 4 | |
10162277348 | modernismo | at 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 | |
10162277349 | novela picaresca | Lazarillo de Tormes | 6 | |
10162277350 | realismo mágico | used magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations; El ahogado más hermoso del mundo | 7 | |
10162277351 | Renacimiento | Spanish cultural movement strongly influenced by Italian humanism; Garcilaso de la Vega | 8 | |
10162277352 | conceptismo | a 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; Quevedo | 9 | |
10162277353 | culteranismo | a Baroque period literary movement characterized by ostentatious vocabulary, complex syntactical order, multiple, complicated metaphors, but highly conventional content; Góngora | 10 | |
10162277354 | existencialismo | philosophy/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; Unamuno | 11 | |
10162277355 | postmodernismo | literature that aimed to surpass modernism using paradox, questionable narrators, fantasy, etc.; mostly after WWII; includes magic realism, theater of the absurd , and feminist literature | 12 | |
10162277356 | vanguardismo | avant-garde movements of literary experimentation; includes the surrealist movement (concerned with dreams and hallucinations); Pablo Neruda, Dragún, Lorca | 13 | |
10162277357 | teatro del absurdo | with 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; Dragún | 14 | |
10162277358 | Generación del 98 | a 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 | |
10162277359 | costumbrismo | a 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 Realism | 16 | |
10162277360 | barroco | a 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 Mexico | 17 | |
10162277361 | romanticismo | in 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 | |
10162277362 | Siglo de Oro | period 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, Quevedo | 19 | |
10162277363 | neoclasicismo | movement 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 realists | 20 |
AP Spanish Literature and Culture LITERARY MOVEMENTS Flashcards
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