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Cervantes's Don Quixote is considered the most emblematic work in the canon of Spanish literature and a founding classic of Western literature. Spanish literature is literature (Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the Kingdom of Spain.
Spanish-language literature or Hispanic literature is the sum of the literary works written in the Spanish language across the Hispanic world. The principal elements are the Spanish literature of Spain, and Latin American literature .
[1] [2] Borrowing is a metaphorical term that is well established in the linguistic field despite its acknowledged descriptive flaws: nothing is taken away from the donor language and there is no expectation of returning anything (i.e., the loanword). [3]
In 1950, Spanish American novelists were tolerated but marginal in the literary landscape, with Paris and New York representing the center of the literary world; by 1975 they were celebrated as central figures. As well as being a publishing phenomenon, the Boom introduced a series of novel aesthetic and stylistic features to world literature.
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Spanish-language literary awards (20 P) B. Bolivian literature (4 C, 5 P) C. Chilean literature (10 C, 15 P) Colombian literature (9 C, 6 P) El Comité 1973 (2 P)
It is considered the Hispanic counterpart to American literary regionalism. Using a realist style to portray the scenes, language, customs and manners of the country the writer was from, especially the lower and peasant classes, criollismo led to an original literature based on the continent's natural elements, mostly epic and foundational.
At this time, Castilian became Spanish, the official language of Spain, replacing Latin. A great patron during the Renaissance was cardinal Gonzalo Jiménez de Cisneros , whose humble origin contrasts with his austere character and with the fact that he put his greatest effort in reforming the indisciplined customs of the religious orders.