Masterpieces of the Golden Age: Renaissance Narratives and Poetic Forms
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Siglo de Oro
A period of flourishing arts and literature in Spain, spanning the 16th and 17th centuries.
Anthropocentrism
A shift from God-centered medieval thought to human-centered thought.
Picaresque Novel
A genre of prose fiction depicting the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits.
El Ciego
The Blind Man in Lazarillo de Tormes who teaches Lázaro to be cunning.
El Clérigo
The Priest in Lazarillo de Tormes representing the corruption of the church.
El Escudero
The Squire in Lazarillo de Tormes who embodies appearance versus reality.
Las sociedades en contacto
A theme in Lazarillo de Tormes that displays the rigid class structure of 16th-century Spain.
El individuo en su entorno
A theme examining how poverty forces moral compromise in Lazarillo de Tormes.
Anticlericalism
Severe criticism of the clergy’s greed found in Lazarillo de Tormes.
Don Quijote
A novel by Miguel de Cervantes, often considered the first modern novel, published in the early 17th century.
Meta-fiction
A narrative technique in Don Quijote that involves fiction about fiction.
Sanchificación
The process through which Don Quijote becomes more realistic.
Quijotización
The process through which Sancho Panza begins to share Don Quijote's dreams.
Parody
A literary device used in Don Quijote to mock the Libros de caballerías.
Intertextuality
A literary device where characters learn about a narrative concerning them, as seen in Don Quijote.
Polyphonic Narration
A narrative style that adds layers of unreliability, as used by Cervantes in Don Quijote.
Carpe Diem
A guiding theme in Garcilaso de la Vega's poetry encouraging the enjoyment of youth.
Endecasílabo
An 11-syllable line, typical of the Italian sonnet form used in Renaissance poetry.
Arte Mayor
A Spanish term for a major poetic form, typically with more than 8 syllables per line.
Sinalefa
The blending of the final vowel of one word with the starting vowel of the next to count syllables correctly.
El Tiempo
The personification of time in Garcilaso de la Vega’s sonnets.
Chivalric Romances
The literary genre parodied by Cervantes in Don Quijote.
Petrarchism
A style of poetry characterized by its emphasis on beauty and romantic idealism, associated with the influence of Italian forms.
Flawed Anti-hero
A characterization in Renaissance literature, exemplified by Lázaro in Lazarillo de Tormes.
Censorship
The regulation and suppression of literature and ideas, influenced by the Reformation in Spain.
Epistolary Novel
A type of novel characterized by letters, exemplified by Lazarillo de Tormes.
Renaissance
A cultural movement that marked a significant shift towards human-centered thought and artistic expression in Europe.
