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Spanish 5 Books

BookSigloAuthorSummary
Dos palabras Siglo XX Isabel Allende Belisa grew up poor, but she was left two words. She begins to sell her words and one day gives them to a colonel, including the two words
Romance de la pérdida de Alhama La Edad Media Anónimo The last Moor king falls to the Christians. It is treated as inevitable and positive
Lazarillo de Tormes El Rencamiento Espanol Anónimo Boy grows up poor, and is eventually abandoned. He meets many characters who teach him various things, but are also highly flawed. Picaresque
Rima LIII El Modernismo Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Uses birds as a metaphor for the cyclic nature of life, where happiness comes and goes
Borges y yo Siglo XX Jorge Luis Borges Considers the duality between "yo", the pure emotional side and "Borges" the author. Metacuento
El Sur Siglo XX Jorge Luis Borges Juan Dahlmann is plagued by nightmares. He decides to go to aa ranch he owns in the south, and once there choses to die in a knife fight. Magic Realism
A Julia de Burgos Principios del Siglo XX Julia de Burgos Critisism of societal restictions on women, addressed to herslef. Metafiction
Don Quijote Renacimiento Espanol Miguel de Cervantes Crazy windmill man
La noche boca arriba El Boom Latinoamericano Julio Cortázar After a motorcycle accident a man has a surreal dream related to indigenous people and then dies
Segunda carta de relación La Conquista Hernán Cortés Relates what Cortes saw from the Aztec back to the king
Hombres necios que acusáis El Barroco Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Roasts the hypocrisy of men
A Roosevelt El Modernismo Rubén Darío Letter to teddy roosevelt criticizing american imperialism in lartin america
Conde Lucanor, Exemplo XXXV La Edad Media Don Juan Manuel Man kills many animals to leave a first impression on his rebellious wife, is successful.
El hombre que se convirtió en perro Siglo XX Osvaldo Dragún Man turns into dog, lives with the animals, but finally turns back when he accepts life as it is
Chac Mool El Boom Latinoamericano Carlos Fuentes Statue of indigenous god takes over man's life and house
La casa de Bernarda Alba Principios del Siglo XX Federico García Lorca Woman's husband dies and she forces all of her daughters into eight years of mourning. One rebels and finds love and eventually commits suicide.
Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio en el camino de Sevilla Principios del Siglo XX Federico García Lorca Man steals lemons and gets wrecked by corrupt civil guards
El ahogado más hermoso del mundo El Boom Latinoamericano Gabriel García Márquez Small village finds handsome body. They fight over it until they lose it
La siesta del martes El Boom Latinoamericano Gabriel García Márquez Women and daughter take a nap under a tree and corrupt priest accuses them of robbery
Soneto XXIII Renacimiento Espanol Garcilaso de la Vega Beauty is great but fades
Soneto CLXVI El Barroco Luis de Góngora Admire women's hair as a symbol of beauty.
Balada de los dos abuelos Principios del Siglo XX Nicolás Guillén Two old men in Cuba converse, one remembering the opression of slavery and the other the opression of Spanish rule
En una tempestad El Neoclasicismo José María Heredia Man finds a storm calming, connects with nature
Visión de los vencidos La Conquista Miguel León-Portilla Aztecs see many sign warning about Spanish
He andado muchos caminos El Modernismo Antonio Machado Talsk about the many people you will encounter when walking (through life)
Nuestra América El Modernismo José Martí Essay about Latin America's unique culture and how they should end reliance on Europe and US.
Como la vida misma Siglo XX Rosa Montero Tells the story of a woman on her way to work in heavy traffic. She and everyone else are extremely worked up. At the end of her journey, a car gives her space to park and she realizes the error in her ways
Mujer negra Siglo XX Nancy Morejón Description of a black woman's journey through slavery
Walking around Principios del Siglo XX Pablo Neruda A man explains his disillusionment with society through the description of many walks he has taken.
Las medias rojas Principios del Siglo XX Emilia Pardo Bazán Girls tries to run away from her abuse father, but he ruins her beautiful face, taking away her method of escape
Salmo XVII El Barroco Francisco de Quevedo A poem which uses various aspects of the physcial world like walls and fields as symbols for the decline of society
El hijo Principios del Siglo XX Horacio Quiroga Son returns home, but there is tension from a past event. He gets lost in the woods and is saved by his father and starts to move past the events of the past
...y no se lo tragó la tierra Siglo XX Tomás Rivera Tells about migrant workers in Texas from the prespective of a young boy
No oyes ladrar los perros Siglo XX Juan Rulfo A father carries his son to a hospital, but his son is dead when he arrives. The title refers to the question he kept asking the son.
Peso ancestral Principios del Siglo XX Alfonsina Storni Talks about how men do not cry, but women do
El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra El Barroco Tirso de Molina Anitcs end with karma
Mi caballo mago Siglo XX Sabine Ulibarrí Man has a horse that is a symbol for all he want to be
San Manuel Bueno, mártir Principios del Siglo XX Miguel de Unamuno Small town priest is unsure about his faith but still does great things for his town.
Created by: IsANerd
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