Spanish The musical paradigm in the neopopularism of the 1920s. The example of the fluctuating verse

The musical paradigm in the neopopularism of the 1920s. The example of the fluctuating versepanish

Abstract

This paper offers a review of the concept of neo-popularism in Spanish poetry of the 1920s, examined within the broader framework of the Avant-garde. Rather than viewing it as a uniquely Spanish phenomenon, typically seen as separate from the canonical Avant-garde period, it is considered here in close dialogue with notions such as neoclassicism and primitivism—central elements in the aesthetic discourse of international art during these years. At the same time, given the hybrid nature of the material that stimulates and renews poetic production, the relationship with music—and its implications for writing—is established as the organizing axis of the research. The first part sets out the theoretical and contextual foundations of this neo-popularism, while the second analyzes one of its most characteristic techniques—alongside repetition and strophic patterns—namely, fluctuating versification, which Henríquez Ureña was studying at the CEH during those years.