Spanish Generation of ’27: Poets, Trends, and Influences
Historical Context of the Generation of ’27
In the early decades of the 20th century in Spain, significant social and political unrest, combined with unpopular wars in Africa, led Alfonso XIII to support a coup d’état. This dictatorship, however, failed to solve the country’s problems, leading to the rejection of the monarchy and the establishment of the Second Republic. The Republic, which began in 1931 and lasted until 1936, saw the election victory of the Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing
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Generation of ’27
The Generation of ’27 included Pedro Salinas, Jorge Guillén, Gerardo Diego, Federico García Lorca, Vicente Aleixandre, Rafael Alberti, Luis Cernuda, and Dámaso Alonso. The artistic and cultural splendor of this period has led to the denomination of this stage of Spanish culture as the “Silver Age”.
Evolution
The Generation of ’27 went through three phases:
- From 1918 to 1925: A period of training, with strong influence from Juan Ramón Jiménez and Ultraism.
- Between 1926 and 1929:
Verb Conjugation: Love and Fear
Verbs, 1st conjugation (love) and 2nd conjugation (fear):
Verb: Love (1st Conjugation)
Non-personal Forms
- Simple
- Compound
- Infinitive: love, to have loved
- Gerund: loving, having loved
- Participle: loved
Indicative Mood
Simple Tenses
Present
- I love
- You love
- He/She/It loves
- We love
- You love
- They love
Preterite
- I loved
- You loved
- He/She/It loved
- We loved
- You loved
- They loved
Compound Tenses
Present Perfect Aspect
- I have loved
- You have loved
- He/She/It has loved
- We have loved
- You have loved
- They have loved
Pluperfect
- I had loved
- You had
Galician-Portuguese Literature: From Medieval Lyric to 19th Century
Minor Genres of Secular Lyric
Besides the three main genres, there are smaller genres:
- Mourning Poem: In praise of a dead character, usually of great social importance.
- Tenzons: Composition in dialogue in which two authors argue about their versifying skills.
- Pastorela: Of Provençal origin. The Provençal pastorela presents this argumentative scheme:
- Meeting of a knight and a shepherdess.
- Description of the locus amoenus; it is in full nature.
- Description of the shepherdess.
- Dialogue between the two characters:
Latin American Narrative: Magic Realism and Beyond
The regionalist novel, the novel and short story, emerged from Hispanic folkloric realism, revolutionizing its structures and language with thematic trends of the earth’s novel, the indigenous novel, and the apolitical novel. The beginnings of magic realism occurred between 1945 and 1960, marking a significant shift in Latin American narrative. These changes were due to a new conception of life resulting from social changes in Hispanoamerica.
These changes included the abandonment of interest in
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Development and Relations of Languages and Dialects in the Iberian Peninsula
Language differences arose during the Reconquista and subsequent multilingualism. The fragmentation of Vulgar Latin resulted in distinct language cores.
Galician-Portuguese
In the northwest, Galician-Portuguese was very similar to Latin, reflecting the area’s extensive Romanization. During the Middle Ages, the language supported a significant literary culture. Even Alfonso X the Wise wrote poems in this language (Cantigas
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