Spanish literature

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/spanish-literature

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary language of discourse?Spanish (Castilian), with significant contributions in Catalan, Galician, and Basque
2. What is the canonical work?'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes, considered the first modern novel
3. Who wrote Don Quijote?Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote Don Quijote. It was published in two parts, 1605 and 1615, and is known as the first modern novel.
4. What is the Siglo de Oro?The Siglo de Oro, or Golden Age, was a time from about 1550 to 1650 when Spanish writers made many great books and plays. Famous authors like Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón de la Barca wrote during this period.

Metafiction: Fiction that self-consciously draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality.
Avant-garde: New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.
Canonical: Belonging to a standard or accepted list of works considered to be most important in a particular genre or period.