Sueños y discursos
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Sueños y discursos is a satirical prose work by Spanish Golden Age writer Francisco de Quevedo that vividly critiques the vices and follies of his society through dreamlike allegories.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Los Sueños | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque literature
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Spanish literary work ⓘ satirical prose work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reform customs through satire ⓘ |
| author | Francisco de Quevedo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript copies before full print publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| criticizes |
avarice
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clergy abuses ⓘ corrupt officials ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ lawyers ⓘ physicians ⓘ social climbers ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| depicts |
afterlife scenes
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everyday social types ⓘ judgment of souls ⓘ |
| genre |
prose
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satire ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipHistory | subject to ecclesiastical scrutiny ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sueño de la muerte
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Sueño de las calaveras ⓘ Sueño del Infierno NERFINISHED ⓘ Sueño del Juicio NERFINISHED ⓘ Sueño del mundo por de dentro ⓘ discursos añadidos en ediciones posteriores ⓘ |
| influenced | later Spanish satirical prose ⓘ |
| influencedBy | medieval dream vision tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Spanish Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of vices
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folly of society ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | dream vision ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dreamlike allegories
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moral and religious commentary ⓘ satirical portrayal of contemporary society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| protagonistType | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| setIn | Spain of the early 17th century ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
conceptismo
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hyperbole ⓘ moralizing tone ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | early 17th century ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice | allegory ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Los Sueños