Gongorism

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Gongorism is a highly ornate and complex Baroque literary style in Spanish poetry, characterized by elaborate metaphors, Latinized syntax, and rich, convoluted imagery.

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Label Occurrences
Gongorism canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque literary movement ⓘ
literary style ⓘ
poetic style ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Luis de Góngora ⓘ
belongsToTradition European Baroque literature ⓘ
Spanish Baroque literature ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Baroque
contrastedWith conceptismo ⓘ
developedIn Spain ⓘ
emphasizes aesthetic complexity ⓘ
form over clarity ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
hasAestheticGoal intellectual challenge to the reader ⓘ
linguistic ornamentation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName culteranismo ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Latinized syntax ⓘ
abundant neologisms ⓘ
complex poetic diction ⓘ
convoluted imagery ⓘ
cultivated vocabulary ⓘ
elaborate metaphors ⓘ
erudite references ⓘ
highly ornate style ⓘ
hyperbaton ⓘ
mythological allusions ⓘ
obscure symbolism ⓘ
semantic density ⓘ
syntactic complexity ⓘ
hasCriticalReception criticized for obscurity ⓘ
praised for verbal richness ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Latin American Baroque poetry ⓘ
hasLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasMovementType Baroque poetry ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
hasSubjectArea literary criticism ⓘ
poetics ⓘ
hasTimePeriod Baroque era ⓘ
influencedAuthor Pedro Calderón de la Barca ⓘ
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz ⓘ
influencedTradition Spanish Golden Age poetry ⓘ
namedAfter Luis de Góngora ⓘ
relatedWork Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea ⓘ
Soledades ⓘ
usesDevice Latinisms ⓘ
allusion ⓘ
hyperbaton ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
periphrasis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luis de Góngora → literaryStyle → Gongorism ⓘ
Soledades → associatedWith → Gongorism ⓘ