The Grotesque Æsthetic in Spanish Literature: From the Golden Age to Modernism (review)

MLN ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-425
Author(s):  
Moisés R. Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
The Grotesque

Spanish Literature, 1500-1700: A Bibliography of Golden Age Studies in Spanish and English, 1925-1980

1985 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 442
Author(s):  
James A. Parr ◽  
William M. Moseley ◽  
Glenroy Emmons ◽  
Marilyn Emmons
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
Age Studies

Spanish Literature

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilaire Kallendorf
Keyword(s):  
European Country ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
Renaissance Literature ◽  
Peak Period ◽  
Literary Historiography ◽  
Modern Novel ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Harsh Conditions ◽  
Golden Age Literature

The Renaissance came later to Spain than to any other European country, which led to a certain sense of “belatedness” in Spain’s literal and literary historiography. Most histories of Golden Age literature (as the peak period of Spanish Renaissance literature is often called) begin with Fernando de Rojas’s humanistic tragicomedy the Celestina (c. 1499) and extend through at least the early Baroque (a convenient terminus being Calderón de la Barca’s La vida es sueño, c. 1635). This time period proved extraordinarily fertile, however, coinciding with the era of Spanish world dominance. Spain was the birthplace of several important literary movements and genres, including the first modern novel. The glories of so-called “Golden” Age literature, however, may obscure the harsh conditions experienced by women, colonized people, and the victims of the Inquisition.

Spanish Literature, 1500-1700: A Bibliography of Golden Age Studies in Spanish and English, 1925-1980

Hispania ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Dana B. Drake ◽  
William M. Moseley ◽  
Glenroy Emmons ◽  
Marilyn C. Emmons
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
Age Studies

Translation as a part of linguoculture of Spain in the XVI-XVII centuries

2017 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Ekaterina S. Syshchikova
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Epic Poetry ◽  
The Novel ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pastoral Novel

XVI- XVII centuries were the «golden age» in the history of Spanish culture, which was largely due to the translation. Through translation into Spanish literature, the motifs and forms of lyrical and epic poetry, the themes of ancient and Italian plays, the knightly and pastoral novel, the novel genre have penetrated. The translation allowed the Spaniards to get acquainted with the ideas of humanists from di erent countries of Western and Central Europe. The translation contributed to the enrichment of the Spanish language.

Visible Absences: Inclusive Theatre in Contemporary Spain (Interview with Victoria Teijeiro and Isabel Rodes)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-292
Author(s):  
Esther Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
World Health ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Contemporary Spain ◽  
The Grotesque

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines disability, in very broad terms, as the difficulty an individual may have relating to his or her surrounding environment. Nonetheless, since the eighteenth century, Spanish literature has portrayed disability as a metaphor for deficiency, imperfection, monstrosity, disorder, and even excess. In this sense, the grotesque amputation suffered by the protagonist, Tristana, in Benito Pérez Galdós's famous homonymous novel written in 1892 can be interpreted as a settling of accounts of society with a woman who was too independent and intellectually ambitious for her time. Literary production became in that sense a reflection of a society that wove together a series of prejudices regarding disability, resulting in the stigmatization and invisibility of these individuals.

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