El Renacimiento Español

Siglo de Oro

The Golden Age, made up of the Renaissance in the 16th century and the Baroque Age in the 17th century

Two things that were “reactivated” during the Renaissance

Progress and Knowledge

The year that “La Armada Invincible” was formed

1588

What did poesía lírica-bucólica focus on?

La Belleza (Beauty)

What did novelas picarescas focus on?

Lo feo de la sociedad (the ugliness of society")

What did poesía espiritual focus on?

El hombre frente a Díos (Man vs. God)

The main themes of Renaissance poetry

Focus on self (rather than God), the passage of time, and unrequited love

Garcilaso de la Vega

Renaissance poet who specialized in sonnets

Sonnet Structure

2 quartets, 2 tercets

Endecasílabos

Having 11 syllables per line, required in sonnets

What kind of rhyming is found in a sonnet?

Consonant rhymes in every line

ABBA

ABBA

CDC

DCD

Hiperbatón

Altering the typical order of words in a sentence

Gradación

When several words appear in an ascending or descending scale

Cromatismo

Use of colors to express ideas or feelings

Paradoja

paradox; a phrase that seems to contradict the laws of logical, but that has an internal truth; the union of two seemingly irreconcilable ideas.

Encabalgamiento

When the end of a line has to join the next line to complete the meaning