The Baroque Lyric

1. THE BAROQUE LYRIC

2. RENASCENCE VS BAROQUE
RENASCENCE BAROQUE
lively and optimistic
view of man
confidence in nature
and man
taste for balance,
serenity
exaltation of life
pessimistic view of
life, of disappointment
distrust of nature and
man
taste for exaggeration
exaltitud death

3. CHARACTERISTICS THE SPANISH
BAROQUE LYRIC
complexity
excessive use of stylistic devices
contrasts
exaggeration
mythological allusions
Topics means: love, religion, metaphysics and
satirical.

4. TWO BAROQUE STYLISTIC
TRENDS:
- Conceptismo: tends to concision and wit
searches using word associations,
misunderstandings, etc. Give more importance to
the bottom than to the form. Representative
writer: Quevedo.
- Culteranismo: through metaphors, cultism
looking expressiveness and beauty away from
common. Give more importance to the form than
to the botton. language. Representative writer:
Góngora.

5. Who are these authors? What do
we know about them?