Spanish Post-war Theater: From Exile to Experimentation

1. Introduction

In post-war Spain, the constraints of theatrical genre were sharpened by censorship, which sometimes led to film becoming a substitute for live theater performances.

2. Theater in Exile

The theater of exile, developed in Mexico and Argentina after the war, cultivated aesthetic differences from Spain. Artistic interests led exiled playwrights to incorporate cutting-edge developments into their works. Key authors include:

Rafael Alberti (1922-1995)

Notable works: Fermín Galán (1931),

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17th-Century Spanish Literature: An Overview

17th-Century Poetry

Cultured lyric poetry explored romantic, mythological, moral, and philosophical themes, including the transience of life and death. Traditional and popular poetry found expression in compositions like carols and seguidillas. A notable development was the New Ballad (romance nuevo), written by educated poets on traditional themes such as historical and Moorish subjects.

Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627)

Born in Córdoba, Góngora held various ecclesiastical positions. In 1617,

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Spanish Realism: A Deep Dive into Literary Movement

Spanish Realism

Key Characteristics

  • Targeting: Focuses on the bourgeoisie.
  • Objectivity: Modeled on scientific observation.
  • Style: Simple, clear prose reflecting characters’ social class.
  • Social Critique: Exposes an opportunistic, greedy bourgeoisie and characters who fail nobly.
  • Detailed Depiction: Descriptive fidelity focuses on environments and characters, aiming to replicate contemporary society, including middle and lower classes. Characters are analyzed through their temperaments, motivations, strengths,
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Renaissance and Baroque Literature in Spain

POETRY IN THE RENAISSANCE

Epicurus

Time passes quickly (tempus fugit) and live the present moment (carpe diem).

STOICISM

Blessed is anyone who (beatus ille).

Neoplatonism

The feeling of love and nature (locus amoenus).

FEATURES Renaissance poetry

Love: Sometimes a source of frustration, sadness and other regenerative and purifying the spirit of man.

The nature of love relations framework, reflecting the world in harmony and balancing between, natural perfection.

Myths: Are taken as grounds thematic and resources

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The Enlightenment in 18th Century Spain: Literature, Thought, and Reform

The eighteenth century is characterized as a period of profound changes affecting Tdos the scope of man and society. These were driven by ideological enlightenment movement focused on the pursuit of freedom, equality and brotherhood of human beings. During this century also called Age of Enlightenment reason predominates over other sources of knowledge as the local language school to revelation and trough it is looking for a new social organization that gets the happiness of citizens. It also attempts

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Spanish Literary Movements: Modernism, Generation of ’98, and ’27

Modernist Poetry

The beauty is the goal of Modernism; therefore, the lyric is the most widely used form. Metrics are renewed, as are style and themes.

Metrics and Style

There is an obsession with forms. The poet seeks the exact word, the perfect sound, refinement… wanting the poem to be perfect.

  • Metric: Looking for musicality and rhythm. Ten-syllable and dodecasyllabic stanzas are used, recovering the Alexandrian. Rhyme is often acute.
  • Style: High and refined. Many learned words and figures of speech
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