Renaixença
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The Renaixença (Catalan pronunciation:
Overview
Along with the later
As with most of the other Romantic movements, it was noted for its admiration of the
The Renaixença occurred not only in Catalonia proper, but also in other Catalan-speaking regions such as the Balearic Islands.[3]
A journal particularly associated with the movement was the magazine La Renaixença, from which the name was taken[citation needed]- originally spelt Renaixensa before the Fabrian spelling reform.
Absolutism will have the last of its episodes during the reign of Elizabeth II. Conflicts continue throughout the nineteenth century. The three Carlist wars, the events of 1835 with the first massive burning of convents and the Barcelona insurrection against Espartero in 1843 are the most tragic episodes. It was the prelude to Catalan nationalism that became visible at the end of the 19th century.[4]
- Bonaventura Carles Aribau, writer. His poem Oda a la pàtria is usually acknowledged to have kick-started the movement.[citation needed]
- Manuel Milà i Fontanals, linguist, philologist and troubadour literature scholar, of great influence and one of the main initiators of the Renaixença.[citation needed]
- Joan Maragall, poet, translator from Greek and German, journalist and essayist.
- Canigó.
- Àngel Guimerà, playwright.
- Narcís Oller, novelist influenced by Émile Zola's naturalism, chronicled the Industrial Revolution, society and changing mindsets in his novels.
- Frederic Soler, known as Pitarra, playwright using colloquial Catalan.
- Joaquim Rubió i Ors, poet, known variously as Lo Gayté del Llobregat, El Gaiter del Llobregat, among others
- Caterina Albert i Paradís), symbolistwriter.
- Martí Genís i Aguilar, writer.
- Antoni Puig i Blanch, poet.
- Francesc Camprodon, poet.
- Víctor Balaguer, writer. Used the pseudonym Lo trovador de Montserrat.
- Catalan Modernism.[citation needed]
- Maria Antònia Salvà i Ripoll, poet.
Notes
- ISBN 0-300-12106-7, 2006.
- ^ Art Nouveau in Catalonia, on GaudiAllGaudi.com. Accessed 26 March 2006.
- ^ The Renaixença Archived 2006-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, part of Els Moviments Literaris Contemporanis a les Balears Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, on mnm.uib.es. Accessed 26 March 2006.
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Further reading
- Joan Badia i d'altres, Llengua Catalana Cou, Ed.Teide, Barcelona, 1988, ISBN 84-307-3290-X
- Enciclopèdia catalana de l'estudiant Llengua i literatura catalanes núm. 5
External links
- Renaixença, from the Nou diccionari 62 de la literatura catalana (2000). Page also contains extensive links to other reference-quality material. In Catalan.
- Renaixença, civisme i nacionalisme on the site of the Museu d'Història de Catalunya. In Catalan.
- La Renaixença (in Catalan)