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La Poesía Sorprendida
La Poesía Sorprendida (Spanish for “Surprised poetry”) was a Dominican literary movement and avant-garde journal that existed from October 1943 to May 1947. Rebelling from the nationalism and realism that prevailed in Dominican poetry at the time, the ''sorprendistas'' sought to cultivate a universal ''poetics'' that explored the psyche and soul in surrealistic ways. The most well-known ''sorprendistas'' whose works were published in the journal include Franklin Mieses Burgos, Aida Cartagena Portalatin, Mariano Lebron Savinon, Manuel Rueda, Freddy Gaton Arce, Antonio Fernandez Spencer, Rafael Americo Henriquez, Manuel Valerio, Manuel Llanes, Juan Manuel Glass Mejia, Chilean Alberto Baeza Flores, and Spaniard Eugenio Fernandez Granell.Cuevas, Eugenio de Jesus Garcia. “Los Comienzos de la Poesia Sorprendida en su contexto.” Proquest. Thesis. 2009 Adamantly anti-fascist and surrealistic since its first issue, thirteen years after Rafael Trujillo assumed complete contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Golden Age
The Spanish Golden Age ( es, Siglo de Oro, links=no , "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs. The greatest patron of Spanish art and culture during this period was King Philip II (1556–1598), whose royal palace, El Escorial, invited the attention of some of Europe's greatest architects and painters such as El Greco, who infused Spanish art with foreign styles and helped create a uniquely Spanish style of painting. It is associated with the reigns of Isabella I, Ferdinand II, Charles V, Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV, when Spain was one of the most powerful countries in the world. The start of the Golden Age can be placed in 1492, with the end of the ''Reconquista'', the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's ''Grammar of the Castilian Language''. It ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
