Master Poets of the Generation of '27
Pedro Salinas: The Poet of Intimacy
Pedro Salinas focused on his desire to prove his relationship with his surroundings, using his work to both express his feelings and define his world.
Stages of Production
- Vanguardist Phase: Highlights Fábula y Signo, where he addresses everyday objects and readers.
- Second Phase: Emphasizes La voz a ti debida, communicating with his beloved.
- Exile: Highlights El contemplado, where he communicates with the sea.
Stylistic Features
His style avoids complicated expressions, utilizing short verses and assonance. It features a rhythm similar to conversation in perfect harmony with a search for dialogue.
Gerardo Diego: Tradition and Avant-Garde
Gerardo Diego displayed a variety of styles in his work, blending avant-garde features with both traditional and popular cults.
Themes and Outstanding Works
His poems cover personal experiences such as friendship, love, religion, and his profession as a teacher. Outstanding works include Versos humanos and Alondra de verdad.
Rafael Alberti: Evolution of a Master
Stages of His Work
- Until age thirty: Wrote Marinero en tierra, inspired by popular and traditional lyrics, and Cal y canto, inspired by the poetry of Góngora and the educated avant-garde.
- From 1930: Wrote Poeta en la calle, inspired by issues related to social and political life.
- Exile: Following the Spanish Civil War, he treated personal themes such as nostalgia.
Federico García Lorca: Lyricism and Drama
Poetic Style and Major Works
As a poet, his style featured traditional metrics and musicality. He wrote Romancero gitano and Poeta en Nueva York. His style also possessed plasticity, as his images had a clear relationship with the surrealist movement.
Themes and Lyric Works
His works explore themes of social conventions, politics, and death. Key lyric works include Poema del Cante Jondo and Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías.
The Playwright: Characters and Style
His characters struggle against the adversity of events, representing the victims of an unjust society full of rules that limit liberty. His theatrical style uses verse and prose, universal and symbolic characters, poetic language, and popular songs.
Theatrical Works
Major plays include Mariana Pineda, Bodas de sangre, and La casa de Bernarda Alba.
Vicente Aleixandre: Surrealism and Humanity
Literary Production
His productions include pessimistic works and, in turn, more hopeful ones. Key titles include Ámbito, Sombra del paraíso, Historia del corazón, and En un vasto dominio.
Stylistic Features
His poems are characterized by free verse, anaphora, enumeration, repetition, and the frequent use of the conjunction 'o'.