Blas de Otero: from existentialism to social poetry

Abstract

This work has analyzed the evolution of Blas de Otero poetics. For this it was considered that, in his poetry, a high-sounding duality operates: from one of the imaginary he is one of the most read poets in the recent history of Spain and, nevertheless, the former criticism disdains him for the politicization of his work; in its versatility oterian poetry is existential tension, in its first stage, and an evident social concern; in the second. Blas de Otero is a poet of concepts, in particular of social content, because his early poetry reveals the human tear in the face of the suffering and existential anguish of post - war man. His evolution as a poet starts from his religious and faith concerns, going through existentialism, until reaching the social content. The texts analyzed in this work are a sample of this thematic evolution in different stages of the author's literary production: "These sonnets of mine", Angel fiercely human (1950) and "Fidelity", I ask for peace and the right to talk (1955).