Lingüística y Lenguas

F.Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American writer and one of me most important voices of American literature in the 20th century.He is mainly known for his novels, the most famous among them being Tbe Great Gatsby (1925),but he also wrote several notable short stories.

Due to his social circle and his literary themes and style, Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation",a group of young . 

Titers that carne of age during World War.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is often regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and one of the most ce!ebrated playwrights of all time.He was extremely prolific during his lifetime and wrote 38 plays,154 sonnets and several long form poems.

His work has been rranslated ro every known language and adapted innumerable times ro radio,television,film,theatre and even video games. 

Shakespeare enjoyed fame and respect during his lifetime, but global recognition and admiration carne with time,thanks ro literary critics and academic studies. 

His plays are particularly important because of their legacy and their exploration of rhe human condition through deep characterization,language and plot.

Romeo and Juliet (1597) is probably one of the most recognizable and adapted love stories of all time.The tragedy of two star-crossed lovers,both members of warring farnilies and doomed from the start to a forbidden love.

The plot was inspired by an ltalian tale but expanded by Shakespeare with subplots and more characters.The additions and new leve of complexity helped set apart Romeo and Juliet from other contemporary romances,creating an imrnortal story in the process. 

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish writer and poet known today especialiy for his short stories and Fairy Tales.As a young man,he started writing rhe stories he heard as a child,slowly developing me characteristic dark humour and surprising twists and turns of his most famous works.

Andersen wrote many foiry tales and took the genre to a whole new level of maturity and importance,broadening the appeal of this kind of literature and taking it beyond the confines of age and nationality.

Tales of the Alhambra was written by American author Washington Irving in 1829,during his brief stay at the Alhambra Palace,in Granada.

 

His stay on theAlhambra,the stories he read during his research and the ones he heard from locals inspired him to attempt an homage ro this beautiful building,with a collection of legends,essays and verbal sketches about the history of the Alhambra,the monarchs who lived there,its he roes and villains,romances,deaths and triumphs.

 

The legacy of Tales of the Alhambra remains strong ro rhis day.