El romance is a kind of like a media of news (like newspapers, CNN, etc.)
They take a battle (or other event) and turn it into a song
It is something between a journalist and a songwriter

Un juglar es una singer quien habla about historias in espana durante una fecha exacta
Review of week 1:
Siglo X (leng. Romances – consists of a bunch of languages that are latin-derived)
– We begin with this period of time because it was when things were written down.

Jarchas – en principio es una tipo de cancion popular o una lirica popular What do we mean by pop song? A song that produces the oral traditions.

Escritura aljamada

“Romance” tiene un otro significado (Besides a language…) – it is a story about love like a novela (think about it in english)

Anderson (???)

711 – 1492 (Iberian peninsula is a part of Arabia??? )

READING FOR 1/12:

Don Juan Manuel era una persona who was bastante distinguished and special (in terms of social class) del clase Aristócrata
“crata” = poder (democrata; demo= ppl, crata = power) very educated and no tiene que trabaja

Estamentos – (like a caste system) you can’t really move up or down. It is a static social system.
¿Clase?

“Sangre azul” que quiere decir por lado del aristocrata (por que no trabajar)

Characteristicas de un Patrón:
Era un serviente/criada
Era una persona que aconsejar / un professor ?

Strategy of un patrón: Le contará un cuento para resolver un problema (kinda like ur grandparents)

Delesta + Enrenza (???)

Nijiomancia (???)

P [ Cuento [ ] Mago ] L
Dean + Yllán

I. Don Juan Manuel

II. ¿Cómo medir versos?
Métrica

Cajas chinas
Muñecas rusas

Rio Tajo
Cámara

How do we interpret this espacio – castillos…un espacio muy urbano, espacio secreto/underground

Tiempo májico –con varios lugares, de roma, de otras cuidades (han pasado años)

Tiempo real – espacio secreto (???) (han pasado unas horas)

Didactica – la literatura is originamente una literatura oral - first you hear the stories. - construct a modern version of the oral story oral/original – magic exists; it is like a fairytale

Deleite/enseñanza

La metrica is a tool that is very important for poets.

Rima - Cuando se repitien los mismos sonidos a partir del ultimo vocal con emfasis en el fin del verso.

Rima consanante – la mas dificil del realizar.

Rima asonante – se