Tackles the Literature and the country itself the Spain

1. LITERATURE
OF SPAIN
Mary Rose V. Navarro
Discussant

2. Introduction
Spanish literature generally refers to literature (Spanish poetry, prose,
and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that
presently constitutes the state of Spain. Its development coincides and
frequently intersects with that of other literary traditions from regions within
the same territory, particularly Catalan literature, Castilian literature,
Galician intersects as well with Latin, Jewish, and Arabic literary traditions
of the Iberian peninsula.

4. o A country located in extreme southwestern
Europe, occupying the majority of the Iberian
Peninsula.
oIts capital and largest City Madrid.
oRuled by a Monarch throughout the History.
SPAIN

5. POPULATION
Approximately 48 million
as of July 2016.

6. • Spanish is spoken all over the country and the only language with
official status nationwide.
But there are 3 Regional language that have been declared co-official:
1. CASTILIAN- used in the Basque Country and Navarre
2. CATALAN- used in the regions of Catalania, Valencian and Balearic Island.
3. GALICIAN- used in Galician region.
Language

7. •There is no official religion in Spain.
•73% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholic
•20% as Atheist on non-religious
•7% practice other Religion
Religion

8. oConstitutional Monarchy
oThe King is the Head-of-State and Commander-in-
Chief of the Spanish Armed Forces.
Forms of Government

9. SPANISH LITERATURE
Spanish literature- the body of literary works produced
in Spain. Such works fall into three major language
divisions:
1.
CASTILIAN
2.
CATALAN
3.
GALICIAN

10. Spanish Literature
•Mozarab dialect (jarchas)- first
Spanish literature consists of 40
or 50 love lyrics.
•Cantar de Gesta, or epic poem.
•The Poem of the Cid - portrays
Spain’s national hero.

11. Spanish Literature
• Mester de Juglaria, or
minstrel’s mode.
Medieval Period
• Mester de Clerecia, the
cleric’s mode.

12. Medieval Period
Spanish Literature
Las Cantigas de Santa Maria
(Canticles of Saint Mary)
 best Marian poetry of the Middle Ages
• Alfonso the Wise, King of Castile,-
the first to use Spanish as a cultural
language.

13. Spanish Literature
Medieval Period
o He wrote 50 Apalogues, or allegorical
narratives, under the title of Count
Lucanor.
Prince Juan Manuel

14. Spanish Literature
Medieval Period
oAn anonymous work filled with
magical and religious elements.
oFirst novel of chivalry.

15. Spanish Literature
Medieval Period
Juan Ruiz
“Human comedy of the
Middle Ages”

16. Spanish Literature
The Spanish Renaissance
Garcilaso de la Vega

17. Spanish Literature
The Spanish Renaissance
o Spain’s first important picaresque novel.

18. Spanish Literature
The Spanish Renaissance
Miguel de Servantes Saavedra
considered as one of the
world’s greatest novels.

19. Literature of the Golden Age
Spanish Literature
Four greatest figures of Spanish in 17th century Theater:
Lope de Vega Tirso de Molina

20. Spanish Literature
Literature of the Golden Age
Juan Ruiz de Alarcon y Mendoza
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

21. Spanish Literature
Literature of the Golden Age
o Luis de Gongora y Argote (who gave his
name style known as “Gongorism”)
wrote a number celebrated works and is
primarily known for his highly ornate,
pastoral poetic vision, Solitudes.

22. Spanish Literature
The 20th Century
o“Generation of 98” consisted of novelist, poets, essayist, and
thinkers active during the Spanish, American war on 1898.
oMiguel de Unamuno, most cultured member group, tried
writing all genres.

23. Spanish Literature
The 20th Century
oAntonio Machado represents
the eternal verities of the
Castilian landscape and his
Campos de Castilla (1912).

24. The 20th Century
Spanish Literature
•Juan Ramon Jimenez, stressed
beauty and pantheism in his
delicate, abstract poems which
made him win the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1956.

25. Spanish Literature
The 20th Century
oFederico Garcia Lorca
combined popular poetry with
odd sensory combinations and
magic metaphors in his
celebrated Gypsy Ballads.

26. Spanish Literature
The 20th Century
o A surrealist poet, Vicente Aleixandre concentrated in his early
poetry on death and erotic fusion with the cosmos; later he discovers
man as a social being. In 1977 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
o Jose Benavente y Martinez freed Spanish drama from the
melodramatic dictates of Josee Echegara y Eizaguirre in The Bonds
of Interest (1907). The author of 172 plays, Benavente was honored
the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922.

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