Before independence, some neoclassical authors such as Juan Cruz Varela produced numerous works related with this revolutionary spirit but still under the paradoxical Spanish domain.Īrgentina's true break with Spanish tradition was manifested in literature through the adoption of French romanticism as a model, postulating the return to popular sources and to the medieval. The only remarkable poet of this period was fray José Luis de Tejeda who wrote Coronas líricas and El peregrino de Babilonia Cultural independence from Spain Īs in the rest of the continent, strong feelings of emancipation from Spain were present in Argentina. The letters of the colonial age (Viceroyalty- neoclassicism, baroque and epic) grew under the protection of the independentist fervor: Vicente López y Planes, Pantaleón Rivarola and Esteban de Luca.ĭuring the 17th century, Argentine baroque literature was poor in comparison with that from Europe and some other parts of the New World. Gradually, with the economic prosperity of the port, the cultural axis moved eastward. Two names stand out from this period: Gaspar Juárez Baviano, and Antonia de la Paz y Figueroa, also known as "Beata Antula". A symbiosis emerged between the aboriginal and Spanish traditions, creating a distinct literature, geographically limited (well into the 18th century) to the Argentine north and central regions, with the province of Córdoba as its center, due to the foundation of the National University of Córdoba. They were partly inspired by oral aboriginal poetry-in particular, according to Carlos Abregú Virreyra, by the lules, juríes, diaguitas and tonocotés. The word was reintroduced in Argentina manuscrita, a prose chronicle by Ruy Díaz de Guzmán.Īrgentine literature began around 1550 with the work of Matías Rojas de Oquendo and Pedro González de Prado (from Santiago del Estero, the first important urban settlement in Argentina), who wrote prose and poetry. This composition runs 10.000 verses and describes the landscape as well as the conquest of the territory. 1.7 Neohumanism, Existentialism and other influencesĪs a matter of fact, the name of the country itself comes from a Latinism which first appeared in a literary source: Martin del Barco Centenera's epic poem La Argentina (1602).
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