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Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Sonata de Otoño as a regenerational novel.
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Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Sonata de Otoño as a regenerational novel. The second text that will be studied is the Sonata de Otoño, a masterpiece and a truly regenerational novel. Sonata de Otoño sees a complete evasion of the nineteenth century novel, escaping realism and embracing modernism. The sonata de Otoño forms one of the four seasons in the life of the marqués de Bradomín. There are three other texts that complete the set. Sonata de Primavera, Sonata de Estío, Sonata de Invierno (1902-1905). At first the novels did not receive a good reception from contemporary critics, however this is true of the great majority of regenerational novels. As Ortega y Gasset writes in The Dehumanisation of Art: It may be said that every newcomer among styles passes through a stage of quarantine. [...] A new style takes some time in winning popularity; it is not popular, but is not unpopular either.1 The...
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