Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Catherine De Vivonne, Marquise De Rambouillet, Madame De La Fayette, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
5 May 2016
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Refers to the time in which the literature and art flourished the epitomy of art in spain (literature, politics, etc. ) Cervantes: don quixote in the prologue, he talks about how to write fiction; the process of writing a fiction or a prologue. A good corridor knows how to talk and communicate with other people, but on the other hand he has to know how to be a good soldier. Cevantes taken as a hostage in the battles of lepanto, but because people loved him, people gave the ransom (both a soldier and good around people), castiglione: the. Nonchalance the nearest thing to it. The ideal courtier makes everything appear natural that is what is a part of it. Ludovico says ideal courtier makes everything appear perfectly natural and without artifiace/effort: ideal courtier has sprezzatura (nonchalance) The fathers would write to their son on how to behave. In the middle ages they put in christian ideals.
