Postwar Catalan Poetry: Trends and Authors
Postwar Catalan Poetry
We can observe three main trends:
- Symbolist tradition:
- Carles Riba represents a peak in this tradition.
- Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel (1913-1938): New Poems.
- Rosa Leveroni.
- Màrius Torres: The Distant City.
- Avant-garde tradition:
- Josep Palau i Fabre: Poems of the Alchemist, Spiritual Song.
- Joan Brossa. His work consists of three stages:
- Neosurrealism: The Ball and the Beetle, Fogall Sonnet.
- Everyday life and political commitment, with themes based on violence and oppression: Catalonia and
Laocoön and His Sons: A Hellenistic Sculpture
Laocoön and His Sons
Background: The birth of culture and the flourishing of Greek art took place in the 8th and 9th centuries BC, when the Hellenic world recovered from the deep crisis provoked by the collapse of the Cretan-Mycenaean civilization, after the Doric invasion of the Peloponnese around 1200 BC. This initial period was characterized by the recovery of trade and the colonization of territories in the Western Mediterranean.
In the 7th century BC, contact with Egyptian and Mesopotamian culture
Read MoreSpanish Poetry: Generation of ’27 – Poets and Influences
The Generation of ’27: A Literary Overview
1926-1929: This period coincides with the centenary of pure poetry and the avant-garde movement.
1929-1930: Surrealism begins to influence Spanish poetry, with poets like Aleixandre and Lorca leading the way.
1936: The Spanish Civil War dramatically impacted the literary scene, leading to two main responses: silence or exile (as seen with figures like Rafael Alberti), or taking sides, as exemplified by poets like Luis Cernuda and Vicente Aleixandre. Federico
Read More20th-Century Spanish Poetry: From Tradition to Modernity
20th-Century Spanish Poetry
Poetry of the Generation of ’27
This poetry blends tradition (Romances, Song poetry, Góngora, and Bécquer) with modernity (Avant-Garde, Juan Ramón Jiménez), replacing classical metrics. It emphasizes imagery and metaphor, creating a vibrant vocabulary. Poetry is seen as a gift enhanced by technique. Metric verse is used alongside traditional verses. Topics include avant-garde art, modern and traditional themes, humanization, love, and death.
Evolution:
- 1920s: Influence
SPQR: History, Comic, Mythology, Archeology & Vocabulary
SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus
History
SPQR – Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Senate and the Roman people). The republican system is based on the election by the citizens of a number of judges who took care of aspects of the organization and functioning of the city.
Comic Assemblies
The grouping of citizens were in different types of assemblies:
- Curiate Elections: (from the monarchical epoch). Granted imperium over the judges and resolving matters of private law.
- Centuriate Elections: (based on the
Spanish Literature: Clergy, Gonzalo de Berceo, Clauses
The Mester de Clerecía and Medieval Spanish Lyric
Pibal Moore defended the existence of a primitive Castilian popular lyric, transmitted orally until the fifteenth century and of a markedly native style.
Characteristics of the Mester de Clerecía
Refers both to the office of clergymen and to poetic works composed by them. It emerged in the thirteenth century and reached its peak in the sixteenth century. Monasteries and clerics had the function of teaching and transmitting culture.
- Metrics: They use