THE PENDULUM BETWEEN NEGATIVITY AND UTOPIA IN GARCÍA LORCA'S POETA EN NUEVA YORK

Abstract

This work intends to explore the pendular movement between the upcoming of a dystopian reality and allusion to a utopian world, present in most poems from Poeta en Nueva York by García Lorca. To do so, it considers the historical context of the book and explains its external organization in sections, which suggests a kind of chronic about the poet’s travel around the United States. Then, a brief analysis of some poems is made, to expose its foremost lyrical characteristics, noting that the poetic persona individual dramas and collective dramas, which are symbolized in the city of New York, are blended throughout the book.