b'The Perseverance of Colloquialisms and the Culture of Minorities in Spanish LiteratureDanielle Spivey, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesFaculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy I. Aronson, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesThroughout history, the winners have always been able to write their own version of past events. This same group of people has been able to create their own laws and rules for the conquered people. With this knowledge, one could assume that the culture of the conquered people disappears. This assumption has a foundation in truth but is not completely correct. The conquistadors wanted to eliminate certain aspects of the conquered people, but the suppressed culture still persists. For example, during the Reconquest, the Christians wanted to impose their own culture, laws, and language on the rest of Spain. While the Christians of the Reconquest tried to extinguish the culture and language of those outside of the Christian faith, namely the Jews and Muslims, colloquialisms and other cultural elements of the minorities persisted in both the literature and oral traditions during and after the Christian Reconquest. La perseverancia de los coloquialismos y la cultura de las minoras en la literatura espaolaDanielle Spivey, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesFaculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy I. Aronson, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesDesde la historia, los ganadores escriban la historia sobre los eventos del pasado. Tambin, esa gente tena el poder de crear sus propios derechos y reglas para la sociedad conquistada. Entonces, se puede suponer que la cultura de la gente conquistada desapareca. Ese supuesto tiene una fundacin en la verdad, pero no es totalmente correcto. Los conquistadores quieren eliminar los aspectos de la gente conquistada pero esa cultura persiste. Por ejemplo, durante la reconquista, los cristianos queran imponer su propia cultura, reglas y lengua sobre Espaa.Mientras los cristianos de la reconquista trataban de extinguir la cultura y la lengua y los dems de la fe cristiana, los coloquialismos y otros elementos culturales de las minoras persistan en la literatura y en la tradicin oral durante y despus de la reconquista.55'