Spanish literature

Table of Contents

Introduction
Castilian literature
- Medieval period
  - The origins of vernacular writing
  - The rise of heroic poetry
  - The beginnings of prose
  - Learned narrative poetry
  - The 14th century
  - The 15th century
- The era of the Renaissance
  - The beginning of the Siglo de Oro
  - Poetry
  - Early drama
  - Prose
    - Historical writing
    - The novel
  - Mystical writings
  - Writings about women
  - Later drama
  - Culteranismo and conceptismo
  - The plays of Calderón
- The 18th century
  - New critical approaches
  - Women writers
- The 19th century
  - The Romantic movement
  - Costumbrismo
  - Revival of the Spanish novel
  - Post-Romantic drama and poetry
- The modern period
  - The Generation of 1898
    - Novels and essays
    - Poetry
    - Drama
  - Novecentismo
  - The Generation of 1927
    - Women poets
    - Reform of the drama
  - The Spanish Civil War and beyond
    - The novel
    - Theatre
    - Poetry
Catalan literature
- Medieval period
  - Poetry
  - Prose
- Decline: 16th–18th century
- The Renaixensa and after
Galician literature
- Medieval poetry
- The modern revival

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Spanish literature

Written by Angel María García Gómez, Janet I. Pérez•All

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Key People:: Miguel de Cervantes; Pedro Calderón de la Barca; Lope de Vega; Federico García Lorca; Gil Vicente

Related Topics:: Latin American literature; Catalan literature; culteranismo; conceptismo; mester de clerecía

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Spanish literature, the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and examines the emergence of major genres. Although literature in the vernacular was not written until the medieval period, Spain had previously made significant contributions to literature. Lucan, Martial, Quintilian, and Prudentius, as well as Seneca the Younger and Seneca the Elder, are among writers in Latin who lived in, or were born in, Spain before the modern Romance languages emerged. Women were also writing ...(100 of 17455 words)

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