Spanish CSET Subtest II Questions and Answers

Spanish CSET Subtest II Questions and Answers libros de caballerías - ANSWER -Amadís de Gaula, Tirante el Blanco y Palmerín de Inglaterra 1492 - ANSWER -End of Reconquista Colon's first arrival to Americas Publication of Antonio Nebrija's "Gramática de la lengua castellana", Start of Siglo de Oro El Siglo de Oro (years, definition) - ANSWER -, Spain is a superpower, colonialism, enormous contributions to humanities (Velázquez, Cervantes, etc), spans most of Renaissance and Barroque periods La Celestina - ANSWER -1499, Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, novel but written as a continuous series of dialogues, Bachelor, Calisto, uses the old procuress Celestina to start an affair with Melibea, an unmarried girl kept in seclusion. They use the rhetoric of courtly love, but sex is their aim. He dies in accident, she commits suicide. Celestina = "procuress" & an older woman used to further an illicit affair El Siglo de Oro (artists & styles) - ANSWER -Late Renaissance, early Barroque, El Greco, Diego Velázquez (retratos con un enfoque realista que no descuidaba la emoción), Murillo (religious) El Siglo de Oro (arquitectura) - ANSWER -La Plaza Mayor de Madrid, El Escorial, Catedral de Granada El Siglo de Oro (poesía/teatro) - ANSWER -Góngora, Quevedo, Lope de Vega (poeta y dramaturgo), Calderón de la Barca (teatro after Lope) Lazarillo de Tormes (year, importance, themes) - ANSWER -1554, 1st picaresque novel, anónima, realista, crítica moral y de costumbres, sociedad medieval -- renacimiento Francisco de Quevedo - ANSWER -, Conceptismo: Concerned primarily with the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner, best expression in the satirical essay, an obscurely allusive style characterized by ambiguous metaphors and puns, rapid rhythm, directness, simple vocabulary, witty metaphors, and wordplay Luis de Góngora - ANSWER -, Culturanismo: attempt to elevate poetry by re-latinizing it, characterized by an ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a heavy use of metaphors, classical allusions, and complex syntactical order Sor Juana de la Cruz - ANSWER - (Mex colonial period) La cumbre de la poesía mística, Barroque, Themes: love, feminism, religion, criticism of misogyny and the hypocrisy of men, Culturanismo (Góngora) Picaresque - ANSWER -Prose fiction Adventures of a roguish hero low social class lives by his wits corrupt society Spanish Enlightenment (La Ilustración) - ANSWER -Extension of Renaissance, 1700s-1800s (satire then later emphasis expression of emotion influenced by Locke and French One Romanticism (years, definition) - ANSWER -s, rompe con los esquemas establecidos. Crear obras menos perfectas y menos regulares, pero más profundas e íntimas. Misterio y sentimiento - "la libertad en todos los aspectos de la vida." Romanticism (themes) - ANSWER -rejection of strict rules of neoclassicism, society's rules & realidad attraction of the nocturnal and mysterious, Enfoque en las emociones, Aprecio de la naturaleza (poderosa y amenazadora), Liberalismo político, Búsqueda de lo ideal, Muerte y suicidio