Spanish Internet Radio: Spain - Listen to Spanish online radio news and information and practice your Spanish! Lecturas paso a paso. Spanish literature. Spanish literature generally refers to literature (Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the state of Spain. Its development coincides and frequently intersects with that of other literary traditions from regions within the same territory, particularly Catalan literature, Galician literature, and more recently a formal Basque literature. In its earliest form, Spanish literature intersects as well with Latin, Jewish, and Arabic literary traditions of the Iberian peninsula. The literature of Spanish America is an important branch of Spanish literature, with its own particular characteristics dating back to the earliest years of Spain’s conquest of the Americas (see Latin American literature).
Pre Medieval literature[edit] The Roman conquest and occupation of the peninsula, spanning from the 3rd century BC to the year 409 A.D, brought a fully developed Latin culture to Spanish territories. The Jarchas[edit] Masterworks of Spanish Literature. BEST SPANISH WRITERS. Spanish Literature: Authors. Learning Spanish and Spanish Literature. Overview of Spanish LiteratureReading Spanish literature as a great way to learn Spanish! This article focuses on Spanish most well known literature exponents and the importance of the Spanish language in Literature. Spanish literature is said to be so rich that you would need almost a lifetime to go deep into it.
However, do not get disheartened as we can offer you a quick overlook on Spanish literature for you to get at least a little bit familiar with it and get to know some information about the most important Spanish figures. Firstly, we can make reference to the Argentine Jorge Luis Borges poet, essayist, and short-story writer who invented what was almost a new genre, the philosophical short story. He is regarded as one of the most influential of all Latin American writers.
As for well known Latin America poets, we can mention the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, one of the greatest artists in the genre.