Spanish poetry

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This article concerns poetry in Spain.

Medieval Spain

Main article: Medieval Spanish literature
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The Medieval period covers 400 years of different poetry texts and can be broken up into five categories.

Primitive lyrics

Since the findings of the

Hebrew fonts.[1]

The epic

Many parts of

Visigoth. It is usually written in series of seven to eight syllables within rhyming verse.[2]

Mester de clerecía

The

Hagiographic poems include Life of St. María Egipciaca and Book of the Three Wise Men. Mature works, like The Book of Good Love and Rhyming Book of the Palace, were not included in the genre until the 14th century.[3]

Collection of verse (
Cancionero
)

During this movement, language use went from

Dance of Death, Dialogue Between Love and an Old Man, verses of Mingo Revulgo, and verses of the Baker Woman.[4]

Spanish ballads

The romanceros have no set number of octosyllables, but these poems are only parallel in this form. Romancero Viejo consists of the oldest poems in these epochs, which are anonymous. The largest amount of romances comes from the 16th century, although early works were from the 14th century. Many musicians of Spain used these poems in their pieces throughout the Renaissance. Cut offs, archaic speech, and recurrent dialogue are common characteristics among these poems; however the type and focus were diverse. Lyrical romances are also a sizeable part of this era. During the 17th century, they were recycled and renewed. Some authors still stayed consistent with the original format. By the 20th century, the tradition still continued.[5]

Notable Spanish poets

Early Middle Ages

Later Middle Ages

Arabic and Hebrew poetry during the Moorish period

During the time when Spain was occupied by the Arabs after the early 8th century, the Iberian Peninsula was influenced by the Arabic language in both the central and southern regions. Latin still prevailed in the north.[6] The

Koran. Tempos and secular topics were now prevalent in Hebrew poetry. However, these poems were only reflections of events seen by the Jews and not of ones practiced themselves.[7]

After 1492

The Golden Age (El Siglo de Oro)

Main article: Spanish Golden Age

This epoch includes the Renaissance of the 16th century and the Baroque of the 17th century.[8] During the Renaissance, poetry became partitioned into culteranismo and conceptismo, which essentially became rivals.

  • Culteranismo used bleak language and
    neologisms
    and mythological topics. Such characteristics made this form of poetry highly complex, making comprehension difficult.
  • Conceptismo was a trend using new components and resources. An example of this new extension was the Germanias. Works included comparative and complex sentences. This movement derived from
    Petrarchanism
    .

During the Baroque period, Satire, Neostoicism, and Mythological themes were also prevalent.

  • Satire tended to be directed to the elites, criticizing the defects of the society. This form of poetry often resulted in severe punishments being administered to the poets.
  • Neostoicism became a movement of philosophical poetry. Ideas from the medieval period resurfaced.
  • Mythological themes were more common in culteranismo. Not until the
    Generation of 1927 did these poems gain more importance. La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea and Las Soledades are two key works.[9]

Romanticism

myths and symbols. The power of human emotion emerged during this period.[10]

1898 until 1926

Generation of 1898, which were mostly novelists but some were poets.[11]

1927 until 1936

The

Generation of 1927
were mostly poets. Many were also involved with the production of music and theatre plays.

1939 until 1975

Poets during the

General Franco
in peacetime:

1975 until present

These works became experimental, using themes, styles and characteristics of traditional poetry throughout Spain’s time and combining them with current movements. Some poets remain more traditional, while others more contemporary.

Post-Franco and Contemporary Spanish Poets:

See also

References

  1. ^ "PRIMITIVE LYRICS". www.spanisharts.com.
  2. ^ "THE EPIC". www.spanisharts.com.
  3. ^ "MESTER DE CLERECÍA". www.spanisharts.com.
  4. ^ "CANCIONERO". www.spanisharts.com.
  5. ^ "THE SPANISH BALLADS". www.spanisharts.com.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2011-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Poetry and History in Jewish Culture". Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  8. ^ "GOLDEN AGE POETRY". www.spanisharts.com.
  9. ^ "Poetry in the Golden Age - Literature in Spain | donQuijote.org". Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  10. ^ "Romanticism". Archived from the original on 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  11. ^ "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.
  12. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1956". NobelPrize.org.

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