Fortunata and Jacinta: Love and Society in 19th-Century Madrid

Fortunata and Jacinta: A Portrait of 19th-Century Madrid

Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós, tells the story of two women, Fortunata and Jacinta, whose lives are intertwined through their relationships with two men: Maximiliano Rubín and Juan Santa Cruz. The plot unfolds as Fortunata, a young woman from a humble background, falls in love with Juan Santa Cruz, who ultimately marries Jacinta. Abandoned repeatedly by Juan, Fortunata enters a religious institution. Rubín marries her, but

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19th Century Literary Movements: Realism, Naturalism, Modernism

Prior to the Twentieth Century

Realism

Realism is a literary current that developed in the second half of the nineteenth century. It has its origins in the work of Cervantes, the picaresque novel, serials, and novels of manners, customs, and the picture. It is characterized by impersonal, objective exposition using the principle of verisimilitude. Realism gives importance to the protagonist, who is typically middle-class, as realism caters to the bourgeois public and is often endowed with psychological

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Poets of ’27: Influences, Styles, and Modernist Traits

Common Features of the Poets of ’27

Fervor for Góngora: Influence on Alberti, G. Diego, Miguel Hernández, Dámaso Alonso, who produced the edition of the Solitudes. It is the model for the development of image and metaphor, a fundamental element of these poets in the line of creationism and ultraism. Additionally, there is the influence of Garcilaso (Cernuda), Fray Luis, Bécquer…

Pure Poetry: Poetry that focuses more on the form, passing anecdote, elimination of any pathos, affects them all,

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Juan Ramon Jimenez and the Avant-Garde: A Study of Poetic Evolution

Juan Ramon Jimenez: A Poetic Journey

Juan Ramon Jimenez‘s poetry resists easy categorization into movements or trends, though his early works show a clear influence of modernism. His poetry is characterized by a formal concern and the pursuit of perfection, simplicity, and beauty. The poet seeks the purity of lyric expression, for which his writing is devoid of adjectives, rhetoric, and artifice. Juan Ramon aspires to a pure poetry that becomes the expression of self and knowledge of a transcendent

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Jorge Manrique and La Celestina: A Literary Analysis

Jorge Manrique

Jorge Manrique is the most important poet of the second half of the fifteenth century. His poetry consists of 50 compositions that are grouped into two blocks: love poetry and ballads.

  • Love poetry: It is partly inherited from courtly poetry.
  • Verses from the death of his parents: It is the work that has brought him universal fame, one of the peaks of our literature. Manrique wrote these lines with the pain, resignation, and sincere emotion aroused by the death of his father.

Couplets for

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Miguel Hernández: Life, Poetry, and Social Commitment

Trajectory, Development, and Review of His Poetry

His path is a bridge between two stages of Spanish poetry. On one hand, due to his precocity and personal contacts, his starting positions are related to the Generation of ’27. On the other hand, due to his age and certain guidelines for his poetry, he belongs to the Generation of ’36. However, his human and poetic commitment also make him a model for social poets of the post-war period. His production reflects three clear attitudes of contemporary

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