DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT A PASTORAL IS?

Elerti | 2009-03-27 15:37

What is a Pastoral?  A Pastoral is a Basque tradition that is used to express literature in another way.  This tradition consists of embodying literature orally by means of popular drama.  This oral literature is expressed by “bertsoak”. Where was the Pastoral created?  The Pastoral was created in Zuberoa.The first written products are from the XVII. century. The first Pastoral was registered in Atharratze in 1643 in “Saint Jacques”. This type of literature has had an evolution during history. At the beginning the Pastoral was celebrated in the church but nowadays it ...

Arnaud Oihenart

Luma_gabeak | 2008-04-21 22:07

Arnaud Oihenart was the first Basque writer, historian and critic that wasn't priest. He has born in Maule (Zuberoa) in 1592 and he died in Donapaleu in 1667 when he was doing a collection about the history of the Basque Country. Oihenart's most famous works speak about history of the Basque Country's: Notitia Utriusque Vasconiae, tum Ibericae, tum Aquitanicae (1638). In this collection Arnaud write about the Basque Country's history along the years. In De silabarum quantitate article, he broke with the model of poetry and he propose other. In other books like L'art poetique basque (...