Early 20th Century Spanish Literature: Generation of ’98 and Modernism
Early 20th Century Spanish Literature
Generation of ’98
Europeanism and a Taste for Pure-Blooded Spanish Heritage
Sobriety: The language is simple and precise.
Subjectivism: An introspective vision of reality.
Idealization of the Landscape: The landscape symbolizes the Castilian Spanish soul. Its description is poetic and expresses the viewer’s emotions.
Concern for Spain’s Problems: Reflecting on the meaning of life, religion, the existence of God, time, etc.
Notable Authors
Rubén Darío (1867-1916)
Born
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Spanish Avant-Garde and the Generation of ’27
Introduction
The avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century embraced anti-realism, irrationality, originality, and aesthetic experimentation. Key movements include:
- Futurism: Celebrated technology and modernity.
- Cubism: Fragmented reality and perspective.
- Dadaism: Rebelled against logic and embraced absurdity.
- Surrealism: Liberated creative power and explored the unconscious.
- Ultraism: Emphasized unsentimental and dehumanized art.
- Creationism:
Modernism in Spanish Literature: A Comprehensive Overview
Modernism in Spanish Literature
Introduction
Modernism is a literary movement that coexisted with the Generation of ’98, but its members, primarily essayists, had opposing characteristics. Unlike the ’98 writers who were inspired by Juan Ramon Jimenez, Modernists believed that the Generation of ’98 and Modernism were distinct movements of modernization and Europeanization.
Modernist literature sought aesthetic beauty rather than transmitting political or moral ideas. Modernist poetry and prose utilized
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Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885)
Rosalía de Castro’s work is the result of her innate poetic sensibility, extending beyond the studies of her youth. Although she is the author of novels, she earned her reputation through three books of poetry. Galician Songs, full of reminiscences of the former Galician-Portuguese lyric, presents a cheerful and optimistic author. Follas Novas (New Leaves) reflects her subjective view of the world and her concern for the social problems of her countrymen. In Castilian,
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Modernism
Modernism, a current of renewal arising from the bourgeois aesthetic crisis, collected and synthesized vital innovative attitudes, both philosophical and artistic, at the end of the 19th century. Engendered by the crisis of bourgeois consciousness reacting against the materialism and utilitarian spirit of the times, it took place between 1885 and 1915. This movement synthesized many different influences, particularly two French poetic currents:
- Parnassianism: This wing worshipped beauty,
20th-Century Spanish Literature: From Novecentismo to the Generation of ’27
Novencentismo:
After the First World War Young Europeans advocated a new world and opposed to an artistic tradition. In Spain the desire of modernization and the desire to revolt materialized in novencentismo and undiscovered.
Def:
gathers a group of authors with a solid intellectual training in Europe saw a pattern that was to follow. Put aside the painful complaint of fin de siecle writers to examine with rigor and coldness of the country’s problems and find an efficient solution.
The head was