Spanish Literature: Generation of ’27, 1940s Novels, and García Márquez

Generation of ’27: Key Stages and Authors

Stages of the Generation of ’27:

  • 1st Stage (up to 1929): Coincided with the splendor of the avant-garde movements.
  • 2nd Stage (1929-1936): Authors like Lorca experienced profound personal crises within Surrealism, finding ways to express their conflicts. New songs produced a rehumanization of poetry, coinciding with a complex political situation.
  • 3rd Stage (from 1939): The Generation of ’27 was dramatically dispersed.

Federico García Lorca: Themes and Poetic

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Spanish Literary Modernism and the Generation of ’98

Modernism and the Generation of ’98: A Literary Revolution

Modernism represented a complete break from the Spanish literary tradition up to that point. It also signified the emergence of writers born in Latin America, not on the Iberian Peninsula, thus initiating a parallel literary tradition that used Castilian Spanish as its vehicle of expression. Modernism was so prolific that, while originating as a literary trend, it manifested in all branches of art, not just literature. Alongside Modernism

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Catalan Theater: Civil War to Contemporary Era

Catalan Theater: Civil War and Beyond

Theater During the Franco Regime: The Spanish Civil War was a setback for Catalan culture. The Franco regime forbade the use of the Catalan language and suppressed its institutions. Literature in Catalan was developed mainly in exile or underground. Theater was suppressed until 1946, when some performances resumed, though these shows suffered censorship and translation into Catalan was forbidden. Works from the nineteenth century (Guimerà, Pitarra) were performed,

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Modernism in Spain and Latin America: A Deep Dive

Modernism in Spain and Latin America

Modernism focuses on two key areas: amplitude, the movement is a vital attitude in Spain and Hispanoamerica; its character patterns reaction against the bourgeois system.

Origins

Modernism emerged in Hispanoamerica as a subversive force and expression of resistance to bourgeois cultural mercantilism. Hispanoamerican modernism involved the claim of a new society with decolonizing intentions. Modernists reacted against materialism, imperialism, the bourgeoisie, and

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Lope de Vega’s New Comedy: Features & Themes

Key Features of Lope de Vega’s New Comedy

Lope de Vega’s New Comedy (Comedia Nueva) blended elements of Greek theater (a mixture of religious and popular elements, and lyrical and dramatic elements) with freer forms. It deviated from the traditional Greek model in several ways:

  • It offered a more relatable theater experience for families, covering a variety of historical and religious topics drawn from chronicles, ballads, and tradition.
  • It reflected monarchical sentiments, honor, national pride, and
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Medieval Spanish Literature: Mester de Juglaría and Clerecía

Mester de Juglaría and Mester de Clerecía

  • Mester de Juglaría (Minstrelsy): Irregular metric verses, long runs of polymers, monorhymes in assonance.
  • Mester de Clerecía (Clergy): Regular meter, stanza in rhyme, four Alexandrine verses, monorhymes in consonance.

Content

  • Mester de Juglaría: Related to the epic. Aims to inform.
  • Mester de Clerecía: Historical, religious, aims to teach.

Gonzalo de Berceo

Born in the late 12th and died in the mid-13th century. He was the first author with a known name. He

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