The Renaixença (Catalan pronunciation:[rənəˈʃɛnsə]; also written Renaixensa before spelling standardisation), or Catalan Renaissance, was a romanticrevivalist movement in Catalan language and culture through the mid 19th century, akin to the GalicianRexurdimento or the OccitanFélibrige movements. The movement began in the 1830s and lasted until the 1880s, when it branched out into other cultural movements. Even though it primarily followed a romantic impulse, it incorporated stylistic and philosophical elements of other 19th century movements such as Naturalism or Symbolism. The name does not indicate a particular style, but rather the cultural circumstances in which it bloomed.
Along with the later modernisme, this movement ended a period of Catalan cultural decline commonly known as Decadència, that dated back at least to defeat in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)[2] and the subsequent Nueva Planta decrees, which suppressed Catalonia's traditional institutions, privileges, and fueros beginning January 16, 1716. Thus, the aim of this movement was the full restoration of Catalan as a language of culture, not only through the promotion of various forms of art, theatre and literature in this language, but also attempting to establish a normative standard for the language, something however not fully accomplished until the first quarter of the 20th century.
As with most of the other Romantic movements, it was noted for its admiration of the Middle Ages, which was often reflected in art, and in Barcelona, the literary contest known as Jocs Florals or Jocs de la Gaia Ciència was revived.
The Renaixença occurred not only in Catalonia proper, but also in other Catalan-speaking regions such as the Balearic Islands.[3]
A journal particularly associated with the movement was the magazine La Renaixença, from which the name was taken[citation needed]- originally spelt Renaixensa before the Fabrianspelling reform.
Absolutism will have the last of its episodes during the reign of Elizabeth II. Conflicts continue throughout the nineteenth century. The three Carlist wars, the events of 1835 with the first massive burning of convents and the Barcelona insurrection against Espartero in 1843 are the most tragic episodes. It was the prelude to Catalan nationalism that became visible at the end of the 19th century.[4]
^Jordi Falgàs i d'altres, Barcelona and Modernity, Picasso Gaudí Miró Dalí, ISBN0-300-12106-7, 2006.
^Art Nouveau in Catalonia, on GaudiAllGaudi.com. Accessed 26 March 2006.
^The Renaixença 2006-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, part of Els Moviments Literaris Contemporanis a les Balears 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, on mnm.uib.es. Accessed 26 March 2006.
^Catalunya : història i memòria. F. Xavier Hernàndez. Barcelona: Avui. 1995. ISBN84-412-2482-X. OCLC 865220109.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Further readingedit
Joan Badia i d'altres, Llengua Catalana Cou, Ed.Teide, Barcelona, 1988, ISBN84-307-3290-X
Enciclopèdia catalana de l'estudiant Llengua i literatura catalanes núm. 5
Renaixença, from the Nou diccionari 62 de la literatura catalana (2000). Page also contains extensive links to other reference-quality material. In Catalan.
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For other uses see Renaixenca disambiguation The Renaixenca Catalan pronunciation reneˈʃɛnse also written Renaixensa before spelling standardisation or Catalan Renaissance was a romantic revivalist movement in Catalan language and culture through the mid 19th century akin to the Galician Rexurdimento or the Occitan Felibrige movements The movement began in the 1830s and lasted until the 1880s when it branched out into other cultural movements Even though it primarily followed a romantic impulse it incorporated stylistic and philosophical elements of other 19th century movements such as Naturalism or Symbolism The name does not indicate a particular style but rather the cultural circumstances in which it bloomed Contents 1 Overview 2 Notable individuals related to Renaixenca 3 Notes 4 Further reading 5 External linksOverview editAlong with the later modernisme this movement ended a period of Catalan cultural decline commonly known as Decadencia that dated back at least to defeat in the War of the Spanish Succession 1701 1714 2 and the subsequent Nueva Planta decrees which suppressed Catalonia s traditional institutions privileges and fueros beginning January 16 1716 Thus the aim of this movement was the full restoration of Catalan as a language of culture not only through the promotion of various forms of art theatre and literature in this language but also attempting to establish a normative standard for the language something however not fully accomplished until the first quarter of the 20th century As with most of the other Romantic movements it was noted for its admiration of the Middle Ages which was often reflected in art and in Barcelona the literary contest known as Jocs Florals or Jocs de la Gaia Ciencia was revived The Renaixenca occurred not only in Catalonia proper but also in other Catalan speaking regions such as the Balearic Islands 3 A journal particularly associated with the movement was the magazine La Renaixenca from which the name was taken citation needed originally spelt Renaixensa before the Fabrian spelling reform Absolutism will have the last of its episodes during the reign of Elizabeth II Conflicts continue throughout the nineteenth century The three Carlist wars the events of 1835 with the first massive burning of convents and the Barcelona insurrection against Espartero in 1843 are the most tragic episodes It was the prelude to Catalan nationalism that became visible at the end of the 19th century 4 Notable individuals related to Renaixenca editBonaventura Carles Aribau writer His poem Oda a la patria is usually acknowledged to have kick started the movement citation needed Manuel Mila i Fontanals linguist philologist and troubadour literature scholar of great influence and one of the main initiators of the Renaixenca citation needed Joan Maragall poet translator from Greek and German journalist and essayist Jacint Verdarguer poet penned L Atlantida and the Catalan national epic Canigo Angel Guimera playwright Narcis Oller novelist influenced by Emile Zola s naturalism chronicled the Industrial Revolution society and changing mindsets in his novels Frederic Soler known as Pitarra playwright using colloquial Catalan Joaquim Rubio i Ors poet known variously as Lo Gayte del Llobregat El Gaiter del Llobregat among others Victor Catala real name Caterina Albert i Paradis symbolist writer Marti Genis i Aguilar writer Antoni Puig i Blanch poet Francesc Camprodon poet Victor Balaguer writer Used the pseudonym Lo trovador de Montserrat Antoni Gaudi architect Greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism citation needed Maria Antonia Salva i Ripoll poet Notes edit Jordi Falgas i d altres Barcelona and Modernity Picasso Gaudi Miro Dali ISBN 0 300 12106 7 2006 Art Nouveau in Catalonia on GaudiAllGaudi com Accessed 26 March 2006 The Renaixenca Archived 2006 04 16 at the Wayback Machine part of Els Moviments Literaris Contemporanis a les Balears Archived 2006 04 24 at the Wayback Machine on mnm uib es Accessed 26 March 2006 Catalunya historia i memoria F Xavier Hernandez Barcelona Avui 1995 ISBN 84 412 2482 X OCLC 865220109 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link Further reading editJoan Badia i d altres Llengua Catalana Cou Ed Teide Barcelona 1988 ISBN 84 307 3290 X Enciclopedia catalana de l estudiant Llengua i literatura catalanes num 5External links edit nbsp Society portal nbsp Literature portalRenaixenca from the Nou diccionari 62 de la literatura catalana 2000 Page also contains extensive links to other reference quality material In Catalan Renaixenca civisme i nacionalisme on the site of the Museu d Historia de Catalunya In Catalan La Renaixenca in Catalan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Renaixenca amp oldid 1194220048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
