Realism And Naturalism In Ruben Dario's Modernismo

Modernismo otherwise known as the modernist movement was a late 19th century literary movement that emerged in response against the literary movement Naturalism and the conformity and materialism of Western society. Influenced by French Symbolists and Parnassians, this movement is literary based with metaphors and innovative meters. It is approximated that this movement lasted 30 years more or so the life span of a poet named Ruben Dario who for the most part started the movement with his collection of poems in “Azul”. Modernismo played a unique role in the lives of Spain residents by becoming more than a literary movement, a time period of change.

Modernismo got its name from Darios serious interpretation of Rimbaud’s injunction, “one must be absolutely modern”. In opposition to that his title of Modernismo goes against the modern. For example characteristics of Modernismo are what follows. In poems under this movement you can find the rejection of everyday reality, idealizations of women, sensualism, and the alternation of melancholy and vitality and lastly the element of beauty, physical or internal. Rejection of reality can refer to transitioning to a different place in time where nothing is what it seems. Idealizations of women are used from the element in beauty that he seeks to portray

Born in Nicaragua, he started writing at an early age because it was around these times when he traveled a lot and found all his influences. His influence in Modernism became strong around the time he published a collection of short stories and poems in the book “Azul”. “Azul” represented Darios attempts to apply the tenets of this stylistic movement to the public. Of course this was only one of the many works that created a strong enough influence to give him the title of father of Modernismo. It is actually stated that Modernismo lasted as long as this mans