Spanish Generation of ’27: Poets, Themes, and Evolution
Creationism and Symbolism in Poetry
Creationists recovered the symbolism intended to create their own reality in the poem. The poet was conceived as a being with divine potential who could create worlds with his poetry. Influenced by Cubism, Huidobro used two main resources:
- The overlap of images, like Cubism.
- The creation of rhythm through the typographical arrangement of the poem on the page, the position, and careful selection of words.
The Generation of ’27
In the 1920s, a unique group of poets lived
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Theater: Subgenres and Characteristics
Theater encompasses texts in which the narrative is conveyed directly through the dialogue of the characters.
Major Theatrical Subgenres
- Tragedy: Characters, usually of high status, struggle against their fate before ultimately succumbing. Classical tragedy was written in verse, and its hero was often a mythological figure. The modern period saw its peak in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Comedy: Characters represent the actions of everyday life, treated
Roman Empire: Society, Economy, and Culture
Organization of the Roman Empire
The Emperor directly appointed all key positions and ran the empire. To apply and transmit their orders, they created the Pax Romana imperial council. In the first and second centuries AD, during the Pax Romana, Trajan and two other emperors of Spanish origin ruled. Rome reached a population of one million people. In 212 AD, Caracalla granted citizenship to all but Roman slaves.
Social Classes
- Senators and administrators
- Nobilitas: The enriched elite of the empire
- Plebeians:
Lorca, Hernández, and Greguerías: Poetic Analysis
Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca: A fusion of traditional and avant-garde styles, his tragic work stems from poetic inspiration and rigorous technique. Popular and worshipful elements intertwine in his work.
First Stage: Heterogeneity
This stage draws from earlier traditions. Works include: Book of Poems, Songs, and Poems and Romances of Flamenco Song Gitano.
Second Stage: Poet in New York
This stage is marked by a shift in style and themes.
Themes
- First Stage: Love (linked to death), death
Understanding Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Literary Legacy
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1928. He belongs to a group of writers from the 1960s and combines his journalistic activity with writing short stories and novels. His literary summit was his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1982. The most significant elements of Latin American novels are:
- Real magic
- The incorporation of the subconscious
- Incorporation of a mythical-allegorical theme
- The presence of death
- The breakdown of linear time
- The
The Impact of the Renaissance on Italian Literature
The Renaissance in Italy originated from the rise to power of the bourgeoisie, generating a change in mentality based on individualism and a new value of property in more established territories. In the 14th century, we see the emergence of key figures such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, who stand as the architects of this transition. The Dolce Stil Novo during the first half of the 13th century reflects two poetic streams: the tradition of the Provençal troubadours and the Sicilian school,
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