Latin American Modernism and the Generation of ’98 in Spain
Latin American Modernism and its Influence on Spain
Latin American Modernism emerged in Latin America and soon spread to Spain. Original writers produced a literature to differentiate it from peninsular Spanish literature. It began in the spring of 1888 with the publication of Azul (Blue) and ended around 1916 with the publication of Diario de un poeta recién casado (Diary of a Newly Married Poet).
Influences
- Parnassianism: A literary movement that seeks beauty through descriptions of the landscape.
The Enlightenment in Spain: Literature and Cultural Shifts
The Enlightenment gradually displaced the old regime. It gave rise to revolution during the French crisis. The Enlightenment and the War of Succession of Philip of Anjou and Archduke Charles were cultural and ideological movements that renewed the thinking and mentality of the 18th century.
Characteristics of the Enlightenment
- The desire for knowledge, utilitarianism, and the abandonment of the idea of absolute truths.
- Practical ideas and a new conception of reality.
- Ideas disseminated in the Encyclopedia.
Exploring Dramatic Subgenres: Tragedy, Comedy, and Drama
Dramatic Subgenres: An Overview
The Passive Voice
The passive voice is formed with the verb “to be,” acting as an auxiliary, and the past participle of the verb being conjugated.
Nonpersonal Forms
Nonpersonal forms lack person and number and include the infinitive mood. They also include the gerund and the participle, which function as a noun, an adverb, and an adjective, respectively.
Major Dramatic Subgenres
Dramatic subgenres are classified into two categories: major (tragedy, comedy, and drama) and
Read MoreCulteranismo and Conceptismo: Baroque Poetry in Spain
Trends in Baroque Poetry
Cultured Baroque poetry continued the legacy of Renaissance meters and maintained its achievements. Among these, the hendecasyllable verse, suitable for lyrical expression, and the sonnet and song, as more strophic poems, are to be highlighted. Poets formed two very distinct groups:
- Those who broke the classical balance between content and expression, i.e., culteranos and conceptistas, and, like Lope de Vega, harmonized both trends.
- Those who maintained the aesthetic ideal
Spanish Medieval Literature: Key Authors and Forms
Mester de Minstrelsy and Mester de Clergy
The Mester de Minstrelsy was a literary movement in which minstrels recited epic poetry from memory and oral transmission. This was the main genre of epic poems, intended to enlarge the figure of a hero.
The Mester de Clergy was a poetic school of clergy, characterized by educated, written transmission of religious and moralizing themes. It often used the frame narrative, the Bible, and writings of educated Latin authors.
Cuaderna Vía
Cuaderna Vía is an Alexandrian
Read MoreAncient Greek Sculpture: Evolution and Masterpieces
Greek Sculpture
Greek art seeks knowledge of man and, because of this, makes a rational study of the human body and idealized representations. Greek sculpture, in contrast to the Egyptian law which was based on strict and inflexible rules, evolved over time toward naturalism through three periods or stages:
Archaic Stage (7th-6th Centuries BC)
Its most important features are:
- Represents human figures (naked men and dressed women because the ideal of female beauty at the moment lies in decent attire)