词汇 | gongorism |
词源 | Gongorism. It is only fair to say that the arrows that were transferred into “flying asps” and the birds that became “feath- ered zithers” were part of a larger plan. Luis de Gongora y Ar- gote (1561–1627) wrote in a twisted, torturous style in his later years, his syntax deliberately distorted in order to highlight words and create an unreal world. But he inspired many imita- tors, who inspired many critics and, unfortunately, his name is now a synonym for a deliberately obscure, meaningless, and af- fected ornamental style. The Spanish poet after whom Gongo- rism is named was essentially a lyric poet in his early years; his work was much admired by Cervantes, though no poem of his was published in his lifetime. Readers have discovered that his baroque Gongorisms, a great influence on modern poetry, are far from meaningless, as difficult as the long poems like Soledades are to read. Gongora, who adopted his mother’s name, was a priest as well as a poet and dramatist. Toward the end of his life he turned back from cultivated obscurity to a simple, unaffected style. |
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