Humanismo y humanidades en Mateo Alemán

The work of Mateo Alemán was composed in a time when Humanism was beginning to be replaced by the Humanities and by the predominance of the vulgar language. However, Alemán’s awareness of modernity, his confidence in education, his attention to grammar and his rationalism are related to sixteenth-ce...

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Published ine-Spania Vol. 21; no. 21
Main Author Gómez Canseco, Luis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published Civilisations et Littératures d’Espagne et d’Amérique du Moyen Âge aux Lumières (CLEA) - Paris Sorbonne 26.05.2015
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Humanism
Humanities
Literature
Mateo Alemán
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Summary:The work of Mateo Alemán was composed in a time when Humanism was beginning to be replaced by the Humanities and by the predominance of the vulgar language. However, Alemán’s awareness of modernity, his confidence in education, his attention to grammar and his rationalism are related to sixteenth-century Hispanic Humanism. These ideas partly justify the materials with which he gave shape to his works and his idea of an autonomous, yet committed to the reform of the individual and society, fiction.
ISSN:1951-6169
1951-6169
DOI:10.4000/e-spania.24662