AUSIÀS MARCHA GLANCE AT VALENCIAN

LITERATURE

AUTHOR

AUSIÀS MARCH Born 1397,

Beniarjó,València Kingdom of

Valencia(Current Spanish community)- died March 3 -1459, València,

AUSIÀS MARCH’ LIFE

Ausiàs was a poet and a medieval Valencian knight. He came from a noble family. He was one of the most important poets of the Golden Valencian Age. His poetry in Catalan, had a significant impact on Spanish poetry of the S. XVI-XVIII

His father was a great squire and pageboy of the king and therefore Ausias had secured a place there when he was old. And thus it happened, he participated in two expeditions (Sardinia and Tunisia)

Regarding Ausias’ love life, he had two women but no children with them , however he had children with a Moorish slave

AUSIÀS THE POET

The uniqueness of his work is a reflection of the social changes in Valencia. He was the most prominent poet of medieval times (Valencia).

He composed a total of 128 poems. They are divided into three groups: love poetry (with signal or not), poetry reflection (spiritual songs, songs of death) and moral songs

He is best known for his love poems but their songs are also moral high quality

LOVE POETRY

First cycle: Ausiàs loves Plena de Seny, It shows egocentric, he is compared to god

Second cycle: Asiàs loves Llir entre cards, but they broke up because of her

Third cycle: Ausias loves Amor amor, Fourth cycle: Ausiàs loves Oh Foll Amor Fifth cycle: Ausiàs loves Mon darrer bé

The Main Characters

Oh foll amor Mon darrer bé Amor amor Plena de seny Llir entre cards