Salvador Diaz Miron (1853 ~ 1928) was the first poet who showed modernist style in his works. The name "Modernism" was first written by Mexican romantic poet justo Sheila Mendes (1848 ~ 19 12) in the Poems of Gutierrez EduardoNajera (1859 ~ 1895). earlier stage
1888 poetry collection "Blue" was published in the early stage. In addition to the above-mentioned Miloon and Najera, the main poets in this period are Jose Marti of Cuba (1853 ~ 1895), Julian del Casal (1863 ~ 1893) and Jose Ascension Island of Colombia. Most of them are sad for the suffering of the country and lament for the good fate, and their works are full of sentimental atmosphere. Pursuing the effect of escaping from reality with fantasy scenery, so far-away eastern countries such as ancient Greece, Indian, China and Japanese became the material of their arbitrary imagination. In order to pursue "pure beauty", swans, peacocks and lilies are the objects they often describe.
Reuben Dario's period
The Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario (1867 ~ 19 16) is the most important representative of modernist poetry. His three collections of poems, Blue (1888), Blasphemy Prose (1896) and Song of Life and Hope (1905), mark the mature stage of modernist poetry.
later stage
Postmodernism is also called "New World Doctrine". Many poets focus on American continent, emphasizing personal lyricism, exaggerating the mystery of life and death, and denying that swans, fairies and feasts are symbols of beauty. Famous poets include Argentine Leopoldo Diaz (1862 ~ 1947), Leopoldo Lugones (1874 ~ 1938) and Diego Fernandez Espiro (1877). Pedro Antonio Gonzales of Chile (1863 ~ 1903), Gustavo Valledo Sanchez (1868 ~ 1930) and Victor Domingo Silva (1882 ~ 65430). Amadou Nervaux (1870 ~ 19 19), Enrique Gonzalez Martinez (1871~1952); Ismail Enrique Alsi Negas (1865 ~ 1938) and Guillermo Valencia (1873 ~1943); Ricardo Hemes Foehrer (1868 ~1933); Julio Herrera I of Uruguay (1875 ~1910); Jose santos Chocano of Peru (1875 ~ 1934). Among them, Gonzá lez Martí nez, Leopoldo Lugones and Santos Giocano are the backbone forces against "exoticism" and "pure beauty" and have made great contributions to the formation and development of "New World Doctrine".
The most famous writer of modernism in prose is Uruguayan jose enrique rodo (1871~1917), and his masterpiece is Ariel (1900).
19 10 After the Mexican democratic revolution broke out, the national democratic movement in Latin America became increasingly high, which swept away the pessimism and depression of the intellectual community and led to the decline of the modernist poetry movement. By 1920, it basically ended, but its artistic style still has an impact on today's Latin American poetry.