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Góngora manner

Movement
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A poetic style associated with Luis de Góngora, characterized by extreme complexity and Latinate diction

Detailed Definition
Góngora manner refers to the distinctive stylistic traits of Spanish Baroque poet Luis de Góngora—extreme syntactic inversion, Latinate vocabulary, mythological allusion, and intricate conceits—that define the culteranismo movement; this manner prioritizes linguistic opulence and intellectual challenge, demanding active interpretation and celebrating poetic artifice as a form of elite discourse.
Example
Example in poetry:
Góngora’s “Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea” uses mythological periphrasis and syntactic complexity; Describing eyes as “two liquid spheres of Phoebus’s rival”; Referring to ships as “wooden birds of Neptune”; Employing hyperbaton: “Of gold the hair, of snow the face”
Additional Notes
Góngora manner refers to the highly ornate, syntactically complex style of Luis de Góngora, characterized by hyperbaton, mythological periphrasis, and neologisms; a subset of Culteranismo; requires careful unpacking by readers
Also Known As
Gongoresque style culto manner hyperbolic diction mythological periphrasis Gongorism
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