Which literary movement is Eça de Queirós most closely associated with?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Realism
- Step 1: Eça de Queirós wrote Os Maias and O Primo Basílio in the second half of the nineteenth century. Step 2. His novels use observation and irony to criticise the society of his day, which marks Realism. Answer: Realism. Why not the others: Romanticism came earlier, the Baroque belongs to the seventeenth century, and troubadour poetry is medieval verse.
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