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Modernismo is a literary movement that primarily took place during the end of Nineteenth- and early Twentieth-century in Spanish-America, best exemplified by Rubén Darío. Rubén Darío is known as the father of modernismo. The term, modernismo, refers to a literary movement that took place primarily in poetry. This literary movement began in 1888 after the publication of Rubén Darío of Azul. The movement died around 1920, following the death of Rubén Darío. The book, Azul, gave modernismo a new meaning.

Rubén Darío

Darío created a rhythm within his poetry to represent the idea of modernism. This changed the metric of Spanish literature. His use of the french method, Alexandrine verses, changed and enhanced the literary movement. Modernismo literary works also tend to include a type of vocabulary that many can see as lyrical. Modernistic vocabulary wielded many semantic fields to impart a different meaning behind different words within his literary work. Examples of this vocabulary to convey different meaning within his literary work would be items such as flowers, technology, jewelry, diamonds, luxury items, etc. This vocabulary often stemmed from, if not from the language itself, Greek and Latin terms.

Other notable exponents are Leopoldo Lugones, José Asunción Silva, Julio Herrera y Reissig, Julián del Casal, Manuel González Prada, Aurora Cáceres, Delmira Agustini, Manuel Díaz Rodríguez and José Martí. It is a recapitulation and blending of three European currents: Romanticism, Symbolism and especially Parnassianism. Inner passions, visions, harmonies and rhythms are expressed in a rich, highly stylized verbal music. This movement was of great influence in the whole Hispanic world (including the Philippines), finding a temporary vogue also among the Generation of '98 in Spain, which posited various reactions to its perceived aestheticism.

References

Aching, Gerard. The Politics of Spanish American Modernismo: Discourses of Engagement. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Davison, Ned J. The Concept of Modernism in Hispanic Criticism. Boulder: Pruett Press, 1966.
Glickman, Robert Jay. Fin del siglo: retrato de Hispanoamérica en la época modernista. Toronto: Canadian Academy of the Arts, 1999.
Mañach, Jorge. Martí: Apostle of Freedom. Translated from Spanish by Coley Taylor, with a preface by Gabriela Mistral. New York, Devin-Adair, 1950.
Schulmanm, Iván A. and Manuel Pedro Gonzalez. Martí, Darío y el modernismo, Madrid, Editorial Gredos 1969. (Martí, Darío and Modernism
El Modernismo en Cataluña
Works of Rubén Darío

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 '''''Modernismo''''' is a literary movement that primarily took place during the end of Nineteenth- and early Twentieth-century in Spanish-America, best exemplified by [[Rubén Darío]]. [[Rubén Darío]] is known as the father of modernismo. The term, modernismo, refers to a literary movement that took place primarily in poetry. This literary movement began in 1888 after the publication of [[Rubén Darío]] of ''Azul''. The movement died around 1920, following the death of [[Rubén Darío]]. The book, Azul, gave modernismo a new meaning.
+==Rubén Darío==
-[[Rubén Darío|Darío]] created a rhythm within his poetry to represent the idea of modernism. This changed the metric of Spanish literature. His use of the french method, Alexandrine verses, changed and enhanced the literary movement. Modernismo literary works also tend to include a type of vocabulary that many can see as lyrical. Modernistic vocabulary wielded many semantic fields to impart a different meaning behind different words within his literary work. Examples of this vocabulary to convey different meaning within his literary work would be items such as flowers, technology, jewelry, diamonds, luxury items, etc. This vocabulary often stemmed from, if not from the language itself, Greek and Latin terms.
+Darío created a rhythm within his poetry to represent the idea of modernism. This changed the metric of Spanish literature. His use of the french method, Alexandrine verses, changed and enhanced the literary movement. Modernismo literary works also tend to include a type of vocabulary that many can see as lyrical. Modernistic vocabulary wielded many semantic fields to impart a different meaning behind different words within his literary work. Examples of this vocabulary to convey different meaning within his literary work would be items such as flowers, technology, jewelry, diamonds, luxury items, etc. This vocabulary often stemmed from, if not from the language itself, Greek and Latin terms.
 Other notable exponents are [[Leopoldo Lugones]], [[José Asunción Silva]], [[Julio Herrera y Reissig]], [[Julián del Casal]], [[Manuel González Prada]], [[Aurora Cáceres]], [[Delmira Agustini]], [[Manuel Díaz Rodríguez]] and [[José Martí]]. It is a recapitulation and blending of three European currents: [[Romanticism]], [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] and especially [[parnassian poets|Parnassianism]]. Inner passions, visions, harmonies and rhythms are expressed in a rich, highly stylized verbal music. This movement was of great influence in the whole Hispanic world (including the [[Philippines]]), finding a temporary vogue also among the [[Generation of '98]] in Spain, which posited various reactions to its perceived [[aestheticism]].