The Generation of ’27: Spanish Literary Avant-Garde

The Generation of ’27: A Centenary Commemoration

This year, we gather to commemorate the centenary of Góngora, a poet admired by all. This meeting takes place at the student residence, where some of the poets lived and where they met avant-garde figures like Juan Ramón Jiménez, who headed the residence for several years.

Aesthetics of the Generation of ’27

All sought to be innovators and shared some common features:

  • They valued the Spanish literary tradition and did not break with it as radically
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Medieval Literature: Characteristics, Poetry, and Prose

General Characteristics

The Middle Ages is a historical period that stretches from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.

Medieval thought is steeped in a deeply religious worldview: God is the center of the universe (theocentrism), and earthly life is but a path to eternal life.

Medieval literature reflects the interests of different social groups at that time:

  • The Nobility: A privileged group dedicated to weapons and farming, expressed through epic poems, lyric poetry, cultured works, and
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Celestina’s Characters and 15th Century Spanish Poetry

Celestina’s characters have a strong realistic character. There is nothing idealized in them since they have both flaws and virtues. Diverse characters belong to different social classes: on the one hand, the refined world of Melibea and Calisto, and on the other, the base and ignoble world of Celestina, the servants, and prostitutes.
Celestina has the best character design. She is an old, amoral, cunning, and greedy woman who lives off her delusions and the benefits they bring. She is like the magpie
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Roman Leisure Venues, Public Works, and Infrastructure

Venues for Leisure: Theater, Circus, and Amphitheater

The theater became a huge boom in the wake of progressive comedy and Greek cultural influences. Roman architects copied and adapted the center stage type used in Greek cities. The Roman theater was built with stands (Cavea) surrounding the theater space. In front of the orchestra was a Cavea scaena platform (stage), which was closed by a wall (scaenec frons). There were three gates through which the actors came and went.

The Amphitheater

The amphitheater

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Spanish Novel After the Civil War: Rebirth, Exile, and Realism

The Rebirth of the Novel

Features: Among the 40 published authors of the older generation, novel events occur with the publication of The Family of Pascual Duarte by C.J. Cela in 1942. In 1945, Nadal wins with the novel Nada by Carmen Laforet, an existentialist and bitter work.

Great authors such as Miguel Delibes and Torrente Ballester begin publishing.

Authors:

  • Camilo Jose Cela:
    • Novels: The Family of Pascual Duarte is alarming because of the bitter world it reflects. The Beehive (1952) is a choral
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Golden Age Spanish Literature: Key Authors and Works

Manners and the Novel

Manners reflect environments and characters. The novel’s rates are descriptive and picturesque, abundant with humor and social satire. It may have didactic or moralizing intent, represented by figures like Red and Luis Velez de Guevara.

Picaresque Novel

This narrative initiates the movement toward realism and inaugurated the picaresque novel genre, flourishing in the 16th and 17th centuries. Narrators such as Matthew Vicente Espinel and works like Buscon, Estebanillo Gonzalez,

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