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AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA CULTURE: FROM THE PAGES OF THE LITERATURE OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT
Title
AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA CULTURE: FROM THE PAGES OF THE LITERATURE OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT.
Creator
Burner, Matthew, Garcia, Martha, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The literature of Medieval Europe has been studied so extensively that there are a great number of academic contributions that can be analyzed by current and future generations. The purpose of this particular work is to examine this topic, but as it pertains to the Medieval Iberian Peninsula. The medieval age of Spain has been considered a period wrought with conflict and religious persecution throughout the confines of its borders. From the inception of the invasions of various European...
Show moreThe literature of Medieval Europe has been studied so extensively that there are a great number of academic contributions that can be analyzed by current and future generations. The purpose of this particular work is to examine this topic, but as it pertains to the Medieval Iberian Peninsula. The medieval age of Spain has been considered a period wrought with conflict and religious persecution throughout the confines of its borders. From the inception of the invasions of various European tribes into the Iberian Peninsula, the stage was set for a continual onset of conquest for many years to come. This conquest took place during the 800 years that the Muslims maintained control of the southern half of the Medieval Iberian Peninsula. Such an occupation was achieved by way of the Strait of Gibraltar in which a mixed force of Arabs and Moroccan Berbers overthrew the Visigothic kingdom, giving this Muslim power an unquestioned supremacy (O'Callaghan 1). In an effort to closely examine this period, this study analyzed Las jarchas, El cantar de mio Cid, and Las coplas por la muerte de su padre. The first two literary works written anonymously, the third by Jorge Manrique. With all three being key works from the Iberian Peninsula during the early part of the Middle Ages, the goal was to apply their principles to modern day culture. This work has interpreted in depth the code of honor and its use during the Middle Ages as a key element of its time, and has demonstrated that it is no longer followed as closely as it once was. It has supported the idea that although the Medieval Iberian Peninsula saw its conflicts, there was in fact a certain level of coexistence among the various religious groups sharing the peninsula. Along with these findings, this work presents the conclusion that although the distance in time is clear, it is important to analyze the literary works of the past in order to have a clearer image of what the life and culture may have been like for the individuals who lived and breathed when the Middle Ages was their present time.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFH0004624, ucf:45265
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004624
La sintaxis del neutro de materia en asturiano: Especificidad, genericidad y la posici(&)#243;n del adjetivo
Title
La sintaxis del neutro de materia en asturiano: Especificidad, genericidad y la posici(&)#243;n del adjetivo.
Creator
Burner, Matthew, Lopez, Humberto, Fernandez-Rubiera, Francisco, Villegas, Alvaro, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
While Asturian, a language spoken in Northwestern Spain, shows some similarities with Spanish, there is a morphological characteristic that the two languages do not share. Unlike Spanish, Asturian has not only morphemes dedicated to both the masculine ((-)u) and feminine ((-)a) genders in its adjectives, but there is also a morpheme that represents the neuter ((-)o). Related to this morphological characteristic, Asturian exhibits what is standardly called the mass neuter phenomenon.In order...
Show moreWhile Asturian, a language spoken in Northwestern Spain, shows some similarities with Spanish, there is a morphological characteristic that the two languages do not share. Unlike Spanish, Asturian has not only morphemes dedicated to both the masculine ((-)u) and feminine ((-)a) genders in its adjectives, but there is also a morpheme that represents the neuter ((-)o). Related to this morphological characteristic, Asturian exhibits what is standardly called the mass neuter phenomenon.In order for the mass neuter to be present in a grammatically correct sentence in Asturian, certain criteria must be met. For instance, either a masculine or feminine mass noun can be followed by a neuter adjective, and this structure gives a generic interpretation reading. However, it is important to take into account that the same adjective can also agree in gender with the noun that precedes it, in which case the morphological neuter is ungrammatical and the interpretation becomes specific. There also exists a third possibility in which the adjective appears in a prenominal position, in which case the adjective must agree in gender, the interpretation must be specific, and the mass neuter is ruled out. Given the possibilities in gender agreement, specific or generic interpretation, and adjective placement, my study aims to better define the contexts in which the mass neuter in Asturian can and cannot appear in a grammatical sentence, and how the syntactic analysis proposed to account for to the placement of the adjective can shed light to explain the phenomenon under study.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005932, ucf:50833
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005932