THE MALLORCAN SCHOOL: THE NOUCENTISM IN MALLORCA

In the last two articles we have talked about the Mallorcan poet Miquel Costa i Llobera. Today we will talk about the important literary movement of which he was a part: THE MALLORCAN SCHOOL.

What is the Majorcan School??

The Mallorcan School is the name given to the literary movement formed by a group of Mallorcan poets, especially the members of the magazine Our land. This movement took place during the first half of the 20th century and the first years of the postwar period..

en 1906 appearance of the magazine Mitjorn, that would only be published during that year. Nevertheless, It is the first sign of identity of the new promotion of writers, who call themselves Majorcan school. This group of writers, led by Miquel Costa and Llobera, They assumed the ideals of the Renaixença in the Balearic Islands.

Authors of the Mallorcan School

The main authors of the Mallorcan School are two: Miquel Costa i Llobera and Joan Alcover i Maspons. They were the initiators of the movement and its greatest exponents.

apart from them, The rest of the writers participating in the movement have historically been divided into two generations..

The first generation consists of Miquel dels Sants Oliver and Tolrà, Emília Sureda and Bimet, Maria Antònia Salva i Ripoll, Llorenç Riber i Campins and Miquel Ferrà i Juan.

The second generation is made up of Miquel Forteza i Pinya, William Columbus and Ferrà, Andreu Caimari and Noguera, Joan Pons Marquès, Bartomeu Guaso i Gelabert, Miquel Colom and Mateu and Miquel Gayà and Sitjar.

Characteristics of the Mallorcan School

The characteristics of the Mallorcan School are very similar to those of the Noucentism, but with an important difference. While in the Noucentism there was collaboration between the political powers and the intellectuals, In the Balearic Islands that was not the case due to the political situation. Nevertheless, On an aesthetic level there are certain coincidences.

The characteristics of the literary aesthetics of the Mallorcan School are:

• There is great attention to form, that is neat and rigorous. There is a tendency towards measured verses with a lot of musicality.
• Clean and elevated language predominates.
• The compositions have Mediterranean backgrounds and are marked by classical humanism.
• Classical or classicist literary models are followed, as well as the French romantic authors.
• I sing to nature.
• Containment of feelings.

It is important to highlight the importance of this literary movement in Catalan literature in general and Mallorcan literature in particular.. It is about the adaptation of the ideals of the Renaixença to Mallorcan literature.. that is to say, The Mallorcan School includes the ideals of recovery and exaltation of the culture of Mallorca. por tanto, The Mallorcan School represents an important contribution to growth, the promotion and enhancement of Mallorcan literature.

 

By Maite Vallejo

 

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