Opinion Journalism and Spain’s Generation of ’27
Opinion Makers and Journalistic Genres
Opinion makers present their views through arguments. Key journalistic genres include:
- Editorial: Reflects the newspaper’s official stance, unsigned, written by the director.
- Column: Offers a journalist’s personal interpretation, signed.
- Letters to the Editor: Readers’ opinions on various topics.
- Critique: Reviews of cultural shows with data and evaluation.
- Humor: Uses jokes to criticize negative aspects of reality.
- Interview: Dialogue between a journalist and a public figure.
Contemporary Spanish Poetry: The Avant-Garde
Avant-garde movements in 20th-century Europe emphasized:
- Artistic revolution against the past.
- Originality and novelty.
- Rejection of rules.
- Exaltation of imagination and experimentation.
- Limited duration, following each other in intervals.
Ramón Gómez de la Serna
Promoter of the avant-garde in Spain, known for greguerías: ingenious associations of ideas or metaphors in one sentence.
Generation of ’27
Named for poets who published in the 1920s, commemorating Góngora’s death. Notable members include:
- Pedro Salinas: Explored love themes, later wrote dramatic poetry in exile.
- Jorge Guillén: Known for pure poetry, his book Cántico focuses on joy.
- Gerardo Diego: Blended traditional forms with avant-garde, themes like love and bullfighting.
- Vicente Aleixandre: 1977 Nobel Prize winner, explored themes of solidarity and nature.
- Federico García Lorca: Influenced by Andalusian folklore, known for Gypsy Ballads and Poet in New York.
- Rafael Alberti: Varied styles and themes, from traditional to avant-garde.
- Luis Cernuda: Focused on personal dissatisfaction and the conflict between reality and desire.