Description
What you see here: the use of colloquial language in the poetry of Ángel González
Book Summary
This essay offers a rigorous and systematic analysis of the use of colloquial language as an artistic device in the poetic work of Ángel González. The author, Laura Fernández Santamaría, dismantles the erroneous equation of conversational variety with vulgarity, demonstrating how features of everyday speech are intentionally integrated into the author's poetry. The study spans from his first book, Áspero mundo, to Nada grave, revealing that this device is an essential constant that permeates his social, love, and existential poetry, forcing a rethinking of the traditional classification of his work into stages.
What is it about?
The book proposes a detailed study of the colloquialization procedures present in the poetry of Ángel González, analyzing their evolution throughout his entire career. The author examines how the poet incorporates elements typical of everyday conversation—such as lexicon, syntactic structures, or discourse markers—not as a flaw or a concession to vulgarity, but as a deliberate aesthetic resource. The analysis demonstrates that this strategy is not limited to poems with social themes, but also permeates his love and existential compositions. In conclusion, the work argues that the constant presence of colloquial language calls into question the traditional division of González’s poetry into distinct stages, at least from a linguistic perspective.
Main themes
- Analysis of colloquial language as an aesthetic device in contemporary poetry.
- Study of the complete work of Ángel González from a linguistic perspective.
- Critical review of the classification of the author's poetry by stages.
- Relationship between everyday speech and poetic expression in social, love, and existential lyric poetry.
- Methodology for the analysis of situational features and colloquialization procedures in poetic discourse.
Who is it recommended for?
This essay is aimed at students and researchers of contemporary Spanish literature, specialists in 20th-century poetry, philologists interested in discourse analysis and colloquial language, as well as advanced readers who wish to delve into the work of Ángel González from a rigorous and innovative perspective.
What this book contributes
- A systematic and documented analysis of the use of colloquial language in the poetry of Ángel González, previously absent in literary criticism.
- A new reading of the poet's work that challenges traditional classifications by stages.
- Methodological tools for the study of colloquialization devices in contemporary poetry.
- A deeper understanding of the artistic value of everyday language in lyric poetry.
Technical specifications
- Author: Fernández Santamaría, Laura
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: LITERARY ESSAYS, LITERARY THEORY, LITERARY STUDIES: C 1900-, LITERARY STUDIES: POETRY AND POETS
- Collection: AUTHORS TEXTS AND THEMES LITERATURE
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: November 2018
- Number of pages: 432
- Weight: 515 g
Editorial review
This is a highly solid academic work that fills a void in studies on Ángel González. The author rigorously addresses an aspect often mentioned but rarely analyzed in depth: the conscious and artistic use of colloquial language. Her approach, which covers the entirety of the author's poetic output, allows for a comprehensive view that enriches the understanding of his style. Recommended for those seeking a specialized and well-founded analysis, beyond general approaches.