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5. La Generación del 98 y el Modernismo

Key topics: Miguel de Unamuno, San Manuel Bueno, mártir — nivola form, existential crisis, faith vs. doubt, the philosophical novel, Antonio Machado, 'He andado muchos caminos' — Generation of '98 lyric, memory, the Castilian landscape as existential backdrop, José Martí, 'Nuestra América' — Latin American political essay, anti-imperialism, cultural identity (added in most recent CED revision), Rubén Darío, 'A Roosevelt' — Modernista aesthetics, anti-imperialist political poetry, contrast of Latin and Anglo cultures, Horacio Quiroga, 'El hijo' — River Plate short story, psychological horror, paternal grief, naturalist influence, Generation of '98: response to the loss of Cuba and Puerto Rico (1898), spiritual and national crisis in Spanish literature, Modernismo: Parnassianism, symbolism, musicality, exoticism, Darío's renovation of Spanish-language verse, The philosophical novel (nivola): Unamuno's formal experimentation and metafictional self-awareness.

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Unit 5: La Generación del 98 y el Modernismo

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Topics in this unit

  • Miguel de Unamuno, San Manuel Bueno, mártir — nivola form, existential crisis, faith vs. doubt, the philosophical novel
  • Antonio Machado, 'He andado muchos caminos' — Generation of '98 lyric, memory, the Castilian landscape as existential backdrop
  • José Martí, 'Nuestra América' — Latin American political essay, anti-imperialism, cultural identity (added in most recent CED revision)
  • Rubén Darío, 'A Roosevelt' — Modernista aesthetics, anti-imperialist political poetry, contrast of Latin and Anglo cultures
  • Horacio Quiroga, 'El hijo' — River Plate short story, psychological horror, paternal grief, naturalist influence
  • Generation of '98: response to the loss of Cuba and Puerto Rico (1898), spiritual and national crisis in Spanish literature
  • Modernismo: Parnassianism, symbolism, musicality, exoticism, Darío's renovation of Spanish-language verse
  • The philosophical novel (nivola): Unamuno's formal experimentation and metafictional self-awareness