Oh my word Picaresque, Picturesque

In picaresque literature, one can find picturesque scenes. One can stumble upon picturesque places if one steps out of his or her house and into the world. Otherwise one may have to be content reading picaresque literature and escaping from picaresque people.Picturesque means interesting, pretty, beautiful, attractive, charming, scenic, quaint, vivid, striking, colourful, memorable, graphic, forming a pretty scene, (a picturesque village in the bay; a picturesque hamlet on the slope of hill), a picturesque setting, of languages that are strikingly expressive and vivid; of a person or his appearance, his manner, etc which are strange or unusual; a picturesque figure in her flowery hat and dungarees Derivatives of picturesque are picturesquely (adverb) and picturesqueness (noun).

Brochures of travel companies are usually picturesque in describing the touristic spots otherwise who would care to visit unattractive places or dull spots. Picturesque places are idylls of attraction such as the ones in Himalayas. India may have picturesque places but they are poorly maintained. If only we can turn them neat and clean, the picturesque spots can bring peripheral employment and revenues for the local areas.

The Ministry of Tourism has to identify the picturesque spots across the country, and inform the citizenry otherwise who would inform them other than the movies?

Picaresque is a style or genre or type of literature or fiction which deals with episodic adventures of rogues, crooks, vagabonds, rascals and others who are often likeable. The protagonists or picaresque fiction are likeable, though they could be roguish.

Picaresque is an adjective: picaresque fiction, picaresque literature. Picaresque comes from the Spanish word ‘picaresco’ and ‘picaro’. It functions as both noun and an adjective. Spanish literature has picaresque novels. Among Guzmán’s numerous successors were several short novels by Miguel de Cervantes short novels are in the picaresque manner such as Rinconete y Cortadillo , El Coloquio de los perros (Colloquy of the Dogs). Cervantes also incorporated elements of the picaresque into his greatest novel, Don Quixote. The title of the novel Don Quixote gave birth to the word quixotic.

In the following sentence, picaresque is also applied to politicians: “The measure passed and now, eight months into his term, Governor Roemer, known everywhere as Buddy, is still talking. And, in a state known for picaresque politicians, Mr. Roemer, a Harvard M.B.A., bears less resemblance to his Democratic predecessors…”- Lisa Belkin, August 14, 1988 www.nytimes.com Possibly on the social media websites one can find picaresque characters if not in Spain though it has picturesque places to visit.