Spanish Generations: Generation of '27, '98 & Avant-Garde

Generation of '27

Generation of '27: It is a group of authors who share the same idea: to publish literary magazines and occupy the same cultural spaces. Their poetry is born of a fusion between cultivated and popular tradition and modernity, so the use of classical meters and verses does not preclude the use of modern images. Evolution: 1 2 era avant-garde society engagement con 3 exile

Authors

• Pedro Salinas: He gives more importance to the authenticity of feeling in the poem than to the creator's ingenuity. He writes love poems.
• Gerardo Diego: His beginnings are avant-garde but he gives a twist to traditional poetry.
• Luis Cernuda: All his work receives a common theme: desirelessness.
• Federico García Lorca: His Romancero cuts with traditionalism. With Poeta en Nueva York he achieves a masterpiece of Spanish literature.
• Rafael Alberti: Marinero en tierra reflects neo-populist elements; a notable poetic collection.
• Miguel Hernández: A follower of the previous tendencies; his poetry is intense and immediate.

Generation of '98

Generation of '98: The Generation of '98 expresses a distinctive attitude within modernismo. This group is linked by idealism, a disinterested love of art, and nonconformity.

Characteristics

• Style: sober prose and a taste for traditional words.
• Genres: a very free literary conception; they break the conventional boundaries between genres.
• Topics: concern for Spain, delayed modernization, and a search for the roots of Spanish landscape and culture; they also question the meaning of life.

Authors and Works

Authors: Azorín — The Will / Pío Baroja — The Search / Valle-Inclán — Luces de Bohemia / Antonio Machado — Soledades / Unamuno — Niebla -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Avant-Garde

Avant-garde: These are a series of movements that represent a deliberate break with established norms, in which artists feel empowered to create the world anew.

Key Movements

• Cubism: Aims to capture simultaneity and multiple perspectives of reality.
• Dadaism: A movement eager to demonstrate the absurdity of life and to reject rational conventions.
• Surrealism: Seeks a higher reality based on imagination and the irrational.
• Creacionismo: The poet creates a reality that makes sense on its own, inventing poetic worlds.
• Ultraism: Gives greater importance to image and metaphor, concentrating poetic language.

In Spain, avant-garde tendencies include Creacionismo and Ultraism, among other movements, each rethinking poetic form, image, and the role of the poet in society.