Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture : Comparative Literature 2nd term.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Comparative Literature and Culture
• Course: Comparative Literature and Culture 1020
• Professor: Laurence De Looze

Document Summary

Questionable wether spain had a period of renaissance. Siglo de oro: the century of gold, the 16th and 17th century in spain, spain conquered the new world in. Bolivia, mining lots of silver and gold, and both the richest and poorest country due to the war-effort, quite literally a period of gold. Also a golden period culturally associated with humanism, charles v was a great humanist leader and an ideal renaissance man. Cervante is the most famous during this period (beginning of baroque period) Don quixote is call the first modern and realistic novel. Novels before are romances such as amadis of gaul. Don quixote is about a man trying to live a chivalric romance in the real world. 1545-1563: council of trent (launches counter-reformation to combat protestant/ reform movement) a program art that would not appeal intellectually but stay visually and one in the catholic faith.