Other meeting points: the Group of 27’s neopopularism and social poetry in the Eunice Odio’s poetry

Abstract

This paper continues the hermeneutical and comparative work of studying the avant-garde legacies of the Group of 27 in the poetry of the Costa Rican Eunice Odio. Five poems of this author are analyzed, in order to establish his dialogues with texts from 27’s Spanish writers, related to neopopularism and social poetry. It is concluded that, on the one hand, Odian neopopularism addresses two basins: 1) the recovery of the figure of the black of the Cuban and Latin American tradition, in order to denounce the marginality, social and labor injustices, tears, pain and tragedy that it suffers, as much as the gypsy in the Andalusian cante jondo; 2) the reworking of biblical passages or characters and the rhetorical and formal similarities with some of the Christmas poems of the 27. On the other hand, Odian social poetry focuses on the conjuncture of the Spanish Civil War, which defends as the 27 the Second Republic. It is in solidarity with this political struggle. It exalts the militiamen as heroic figures of the conflict. It identifies with the victims and denounces the rebellious side and the destruction it caused in the country.