Spanish Literature Excerpts Flashcards
Grade 9 · Spanish · Flashcards
Key authors, works, movements, and literary terms in Spanish-language literature from the 17th to 20th centuries.
Flashcards
- Don Quijote de la Mancha
- Novel by Miguel de Cervantes (Part I: 1605, Part II: 1615); first modern European novel; themes of idealism vs. reality.
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Spanish author (1547–1616); wrote Don Quijote; considered the greatest figure of the Spanish Golden Age of literature.
- Sancho Panza
- Don Quijote's squire; represents earthly pragmatism and common sense as a foil to the protagonist's idealism.
- Generación del 98
- Spanish literary movement following the 1898 colonial loss; themes of national identity, existentialism, and spiritual crisis.
- Antonio Machado
- Spanish poet (1875–1939); Generación del 98; lyrical meditations on Castile, time, memory, and death.
- Miguel de Unamuno
- Spanish philosopher and author (1864–1936); Generación del 98; key works: Niebla, Del sentimiento trágico de la vida.
- Realismo Mágico
- Magical realism — presenting magical events within a realistic narrative as though completely normal.
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Colombian novelist (1927–2014); Nobel Prize 1982; Cien años de soledad; master of magical realism.
- Cien años de soledad
- Novel by García Márquez (1967); seven generations of the Buendía family in the fictional Macondo; cornerstone of Boom literature.
- El Boom Latinoamericano
- 1960s–70s Latin American literary movement; García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Cortázar, Donoso; experimental and internationally acclaimed.
- Federico García Lorca
- Spanish poet/playwright (1898–1936); Romancero gitano; blends Andalusian folk, surrealism, themes of desire and death.
- Romancero gitano
- Poetry collection by García Lorca (1928); draws on Andalusian and Roma culture; considered a masterpiece of 20th-century Spanish poetry.
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Peruvian novelist (b. 1936); Nobel Prize 2010; El Boom; known for complex narrative structures and political themes.
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