Spanish literature during the Renaissance (16th century)

What period of literature are you referring to? : Spanish literature during the Renaissance (16th century)

The literary Renaissance is the period that arose in Italy and that developed between the end of the 15th century and during the 16th century and was introduced by Erasmus of Rotterdam in Spain.

During this time, the arts stood out and the sciences were renewed. The Renaissance was characterized by humanism , by the vindication of the classical and by anthropocentrism.

Likewise, although during the 16th century there was a distancing of religion from the hand of humanism, there are many writers at the end of this century who cling to the literary currents of mysticism and asceticism , in which the works act as a means to express religiosity.

Literature of the 16th century in Spain. — The Spanish Renaissance: influences and new theories.

What literary genres were cultivated?

During this literary period, poetry, prose and theater were cultivated, although religious literature was also very important .

Show 1025fifty100 records

Look for:

	Poetry	Prose	Theater
Renaissance (16th century)	-Italian influence and Petrarchism (at the beginning) and coexistence of the Italian and Castilian tendency (at the end) -Influence of the classics -Mystical and ascetic currents (at the end) -Romancer -Sonet (stanza)	-Chronicles (influence of the discovery of America) -Realism, chivalric fictions (chivalric books) -A sentimental novel opens the way to the picaresque novel	-Less cultivated -Birth of the entremés (one-act theater piece that used to be performed between the first and second day of comedies in Spanish classical theater)

Showing from 1 to 1 of 1 records

PreviousNext

Main most representative authors

Among the most representative authors of the time we find:

Garcilaso de la Vega
Fray Luis de Leon
Saint John of the Cross and his spiritual Canticle
Saint Teresa of Jesus and the Way of Perfection
The guide to Tormes of unknown authorship Spanish literature during the Renaissance (16th century)