PT121.S2.P2.Q8

PrepTest 121 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 8

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In spite of a shared language, Latin American poetry written in Spanish differs from Spanish poetry in many respects. ███

Intro topic · Latin American poetry as distinct from European Spanish poetry
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Contrast · Latin American poetry and European Spanish poetry
Latin American poetry is more exposed to outside influences
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Some critics' perspective · Latin American poetry is actually as homogeneous as European Spanish poetry
Why? Because Latin American poetry began with a highly standardized form of Spanish (Castilian Spanish)
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Author's perspective · Since then, Latin American poetry has been influenced by other cultures
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Further contrast · between Latin American and Spanish poetry
Latin American poetry more open to change and innovation
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Key contrast · between the two kinds of poetry
Latin American poetry more interested in the modern world; Spanish poetry more interested in the past
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Explain key contrast · Latin American culture is more recent, has no pre-colonial history to draw on
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Describe consquence · of Latin American poetry's more modern focus
Exploration of other poetic structures; example of Mexican haiku
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Describe consequence · of Latin American poetry's lack of pre-colonial histroy
Interest in prehistory; example of Chilean creationist poetry
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Main point · Latin American poetry's qualities stem from its lack of a pre-colonial history
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Spanish linguistic constructs ███ ███████ █████████ ██ █████ ████████ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ ████████

This tells us that Spanish had a greater impact on Latin American poets than we had previously thought. But this doesn’t relate to whether Spanish poetry was actually more experimental than previously thought or whether Spanish poetry was less rooted in its own traditions and past than previously thought.

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Castilian Spanish was █████ ████████ ██████████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ █████ ████████ ███████

This tells us that Castilian Spanish was still changing at the time Latin American poetry began. But this doesn’t relate to whether Spanish poetry was actually more experimental than previously thought or whether Spanish poetry was less rooted in its own traditions and past than previously thought.

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Spanish poets originated ██ ███████████ ████████ ████████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████ █████

This weakens the author’s claim that Spanish poetry was reluctant to adopt innovative and challenging approaches to the use of language. If Spanish poets started a movement that used language in radical ways, this is evidence that Spanish poetry is actually more accepting of innovative and radical uses of language than the author thinks.

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Castilian Spanish was ██████████ ██████ ███ █████████ ██ █████ ███████ █████████

This doesn’t relate to whether Spanish poetry was actually more experimental than previously thought or whether Spanish poetry was less rooted in its own traditions and past than previously thought.

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Spanish poets rejected ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ████████████ ██ ██████████

If anything, this supports the author’s claim that Spanish poetry was reluctant to adopt radical and innovative uses of language.

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