| This dissertation explores the literary and ideological legacy of the Portuguese Generation of 1870 in Spain between 1870-1936, particularly focusing on the Generation's reception by the Spanish fin de siglo. Each of the chapters investigates an author or group of writers from the Generation of 1870 that had an impact on the broadly conceived Spanish fin de siglo. Chapter One analyzes the Spanish reception of the Portuguese novelist Eca de Queiros, the novelistic voice of the generation, by Clarin, Pardo Bazan, and Unamuno, and also discusses translations of Eca's novels by the Spanish writer Ramon del Valle-Inclan. Chapter Two traces the early interest in Antero de Quental, the spiritual and philosophical mentor to the Portuguese generation, particularly by Clarin, Valera, and Unamuno. Chapter Three underscores the diverse reception of three influential Portuguese poets, Joaquim de Araujo, Guilherme de Azevedo, and Guerra Junqueiro. Despite a diminished importance in today's literary canon, these poets provided models of social criticism and poetic patriotism for Spanish critics such as Clarin and Unamuno in fin de siglo Spain.;Throughout the dissertation, the "vital style" of the Generation of 1870, understood through Nerina Jansen's Generational Theory (1975), is brought to light through its lasting reception in Spain. More specifically, the journalistic style and satirical social criticism in the Generation of 1870's cultural production, including poetry, the novel, and the cronica, illuminate the generation's salient characteristics for Spanish readers. Of particular interest for the fin de siglo were the Generation of 1870's varied use of irony to cope with their imperial downfall and their resurrection of poetry as a tool of social criticism. Regardless of the Portuguese generation's diversity in styles and ideologies, their legacy remained pertinent in the Iberian Peninsula throughout five subsequent decades of Spanish reception and beyond. |
