Spanish Literature Exponents

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer was born in 1836 with the last name of Domínguez Bastida, but he chose his Flemish father's second last name of Bécquer, as the family was known around town. His father, José Domínguez Bécquer, who descended from an Originally-Flemish family that was well respected in Seville, was a painter of relatively good repute in his native town.

Works

La corza blanca 

In this story Gustavo Adolfo Becquer extraordinary contrast to the rational. The moon is the element that induces transformations, from the real to the wonderful

La cruz del diablo

is a 1975 Spanish horror film directed by John Gilling and starring Carmen Sevilla, Adolfo Marsillach and Emma Cohen. Its plot concerns a British writer who travels to Spain to visit his sister only to discover she has been killed by a sinister cult. It was based on a short story by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer.

Contribuiton to spanish literature

As a legacy to the Spanish literature, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer leave his rhymes through which reveals the melancholy and tormented him his life; in the genre of legends wrote the famous organist “Maese Perez”, “Green Eyes”, “Dry Leaves” and “Pink Passion” among others. As "The Stone Woman", "The Night of the Dead", "A Drama" among a similar variety legend.

Jose de Esponcendra 

Jose de Espronceda was born in Almendralejo, at the Province of Badajoz. As a youth, he studied at the Colegio San Mateo at Madrid, having Alberto Lista as a teacher. When he was 15 years old, he formed a secret society named "Los Numantinos" alongside his friends Ventura de la Vega and Patricio de la Escosura, conspiring against Ferdinand VII and intending to avenge the death of Rafael del Riego.

Works

El Estudiante de Salamanca

Is a narrative poem of 1,704 verses of José de Espronceda the full version was published in 1840, although several from 1837 the author was giving a knowing contradictory Thereof.His argument is simple and includes the myth of Don Juan Tenorio.

El Diablo Mundo

Is a great poem edited by Victor Almirall and written by José de Espronceda, interrupted in the seventh canto by the death of its author.

Contribution to spanish literature

The evolution of the movement changes depending on the country. already it appeared in England with the meaning of "unreal" in the seventeenth century. Samuel Pepys uses it in the sense of "exciting" and "loving".

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