| Emilia Pardo Bazán | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 16, 1851 A Coruña, Spain |
| Died | May 12, 1921 (aged 69) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, journalist, critic |
Emilia Pardo Bazán (16 September 1851 – 12 May 1921) (also known as Emilia, countess de Pardo Bazán) was a Spanish author and scholar. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year A Coruña ( Spanish: La Coruña; Galician: A Coruña; also Corunna in English, and archaically The Groyne) is Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created
Bazán was born in A Coruña (also known as La Coruña or Corunna), part of the region of Galicia, and the culture of that area was incorporated into some of her most popular novels, including Los pazos de Ulloa (The Manors of Ulloa) and its sequel, La Madre Naturaleza (Mother Nature). A Coruña ( Spanish: La Coruña; Galician: A Coruña; also Corunna in English, and archaically The Groyne) is Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story She was also known for bringing naturalism to Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her role in feminist literature of her era. Naturalism is a movement in Theatre, film, and Literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such
Married at eighteen to Sr D. Jos Quiroga, a Galician country gentleman, she interested herself in politics, and is believed to have taken an active part in the underground campaign against Amadeo of Spain and, later, against the republic. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. In 1876 she came into notice as the successful competitor for a literary prize offered by the municipality of Oviedo, the subject of her essay being the Benedictine monk, Benito Jerónimo Feijoo. Oviedo ( Asturian: Uviéu is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective This was followed by a series of articles inserted in La Ciencia cristiana, a magazine of the purest orthodoxy, edited by Juan M. Orti y Lara.
Her first novel, Pascual Lopez (1879), is a simple exercise in fantasy of no remarkable promise, though it contains good descriptive passages of romance. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting It was followed by a more striking story, Un Viaje de Novios (1881), in which a discreet attempt was made to introduce into Spain the methods of French realism. The book caused a sensation among the literary cliques, and this sensation was increased by the appearance of another naturalistic tale, La Tribuna (1885), wherein the influence of Emile Zola is unmistakable. Émile François Zola ( (2 April 1840 &ndash 29 September 1902 was an influential French Writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of Meanwhile, the writer's reply to her critics was issued under the title of La Cuestion Palpante (1883), a clever piece of rhetoric, but of no special value as regards criticism or dialectics. Rhetoric has had many definitions no simple definition can do it justice The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word In classical Philosophy, dialectic (διαλεκτική is controversy the exchange of arguments and counter-arguments respectively advocating Propositions
The naturalistic scenes of El Cisne de Villamorta (1885) are more numerous, more pronounced, than in any of its predecessors, though the author shrinks from the logical application of her theories by supplying a romantic and inappropriate ending. Probably the best of Emilia Pardo Bazán work is embodied in Los Pazos de Ulloa (1886), the painfully exact history of a decadent aristocratic family, as notable for its portraits of types like Nucha and Julián as for its creation of characters like those of the political bravos, Barbacana and Trampeta. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Decadence can refer to a personal trait or to the state of a society (or segment of it Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations Yet perhaps its most abiding merit lies in its pictures of country life, its poetic realization of Galician scenery set down in an elaborate, highly-colored style, which, if not always academically correct, is invariably effective. A sequel, with the significant title of La Madre Naturaleza (1887), marks a further advance in the path of naturalism, and hence forward Pardo Bazán was universally recognized as one of the chiefs of the new naturalistic movement in Spain. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work The title was confirmed by the publication of Insolación and Morriña in 1889. In this year her reputation as a novelist reached its highest point. Reputation is the opinion (more technically a social evaluation of the public toward a Person, a group of people, or an Organization. Her later stories, La Cristiana (1890), Cuentos de amor (1894), Arco Iris (1895), Misterio (1903) and La Quimera (1905), though not wanting in charm, awakened less interest. In 1905 she published a play entitled Verdad, known for its boldness rather than for its dramatic qualities. She received her title of Countess in 1907 and in 1910 was appointed a member of the Council of Public Instruction. A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin
She was also a journalist, essayist and critic. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word She died in Madrid. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain.
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- Virgillo, Carmelo, et al. Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispánica. New York: McGraw Hill, 2004.
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