Conceptismo

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Conceptismo is a Spanish Baroque literary style characterized by dense wordplay, sharp wit, and the concise expression of complex ideas, famously exemplified in the works of Francisco de Quevedo.

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Conceptismo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish Baroque literary movement ⓘ
literary style ⓘ
poetic style ⓘ
prose style ⓘ
aim to condense multiple meanings into few words ⓘ
to surprise the reader intellectually ⓘ
associatedWith Baltasar Gracián ⓘ
Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ
Lope de Vega ⓘ
Mateo Alemán ⓘ
characteristic antithesis ⓘ
brevity ⓘ
conceptual density ⓘ
concise expression of complex ideas ⓘ
dense wordplay ⓘ
double meanings ⓘ
elliptical expression ⓘ
intellectual subtlety ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
puns ⓘ
semantic complexity ⓘ
sharp wit ⓘ
contrastedWith Culteranismo ⓘ
linked to: culteranismo
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
culturalContext Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
emphasizes logical and conceptual ingenuity ⓘ
meaning over form ⓘ
evaluatedAs intellectually demanding for readers ⓘ
less ornate than Culteranismo in vocabulary ⓘ
more complex in ideas than in syntax ⓘ
focus concepts over ornament ⓘ
semantic relationships between words ⓘ
influenced Siglo de Oro prose ⓘ
Spanish Baroque satire ⓘ
literaryLanguage Spanish ⓘ
majorRepresentative Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ
opposedTo ornate Latinized syntax of Culteranismo ⓘ
region Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
relatedMovement Baroque literature ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
timePeriod Baroque period ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
timePeriodEnd 17th century ⓘ
timePeriodStart late 16th century ⓘ
typicalDevice compressed expression ⓘ
conceptual metaphors ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
usedIn epigrams ⓘ
moral and philosophical writing ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
satire ⓘ

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Francisco de Quevedo → movement → Conceptismo ⓘ