Baroque Literature

Baroque Literature

Introduction

Colonial times made many spanish writers to be interested in New Spain.

There were many famous writes that were eager to come to New Spain, as a matter of fact, Miguel de Cervantes asked the crown several times for permission, San Juan de la Cruz was preparing to come when he died abruptly, Juan de la Cueva, Tirso de Molina and Eugenio Salazar came here to spend some years of his life.

Novospanish Writers

• Cárlos de Siguenza y Góngora

• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

• Bernardo de Balbuena

• Juan Ruíz de Alarcón

• Francisco Bramón

• Miguel de Guevara

Characteristics

• High Contrast (Good - Bad / Right - Wrong / Love - Hate)

• " Al que ingrato me deja, busco amante;

  al que amante me sigue, dejo ingrata;

  constante adoro a quien mi amor maltrata,

  maltrato a quien mi amor busca constante"

Characteristics

• Literary Mimesis

• Sonets

• Exaggerated

• Mythological

• Contradictive

• Symbols

• Wordplay

Multiple Select

All of these are New Spain baroque writers, except...

• William Shakespeare

• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

• Juan Luis Alarcón

• Miguel de Alarcón

Multiple Choice

This is one characteristic of baroque literature

• Exaggeration and high contrast

• Simple, without much literary ornaments

• Only written in spanish