Simplismo (English: Simplism) is a literary technique, influenced by unanimism,[1] that was developed and employed by Peruvian poet Alberto Hidalgo [es] in the mid-twentieth century. It emphasizes basicity in writing and asserts there is more to be said with less.

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Applied, the method seeks to free poetry and literature from everything that hinders its understanding, both literally and figuratively. Some of its main theories include the stripping of all rhetoric, of all stylisation, since it is about returning spontaneity to art, and the beauty of brevity.[2] A key part of this is the use of metaphor. Hidalgo's employment of this trope in his work frequently sees the humanization of things seemingly distant, i.e. technology. Metaphor, in this respect, helps the reader connect with and warm to foreign bodies. Though he never proclaimed it himself, many perceive this practice as futurist, or as at least being influenced by futurism.[3] Critics also classify his compositions as being in direct opposition to surrealism, because simplismo has the tendency to be individualistic and unconcerned with social and political happenings.[4]

For these reasons, Alberto Hidalgo and his simplismo are oft considered pioneers of the literary avant-garde movement in Peru and throughout much of Latin America during the twentieth century.[5] Together with Vicente Huidobro and Jorge Luis Borges, he helped to develop the Índice de la nueva poesía, an index aimed at becoming the canon of avant-garde poetry in Latin America.[6] Innovative and important as this might have been, simplismo had no, and still does not have, followers interested in systematizing, refuting, rethinking or deepening its postulates. Hidalgo’s proposal did not initiate a school or movement, and its influence on Peruvian poetry is not remarkable.[7] However, its early reach touched Enrique Bustamante y Ballivián [es]'s Antipoemas (1927).[1]

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  1. ^ a b Rossiello, Leonardo (2015). "La rebelión de las cosas: Prosopopeya y trasnominación en Antipoemas (1927) de Enrique Bustamante y Ballivián". Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura. 31 (1): 5. doi:10.1353/cnf.2015.0048 – via Project MUSE.
  2. ^ Cozman, Camilo Fernández (2007). "La metáfora vanguardista en hispanoamérica: El caso de Alberto Hidalgo". Letras del Sur. 1.
  3. ^ Sarco, Álvaro. Hidalgo, Alberto, 1893-1967. Works. Selections. 2006. (2006). Alberto Hidalgo, el genio del desprecio : materiales para su estudio. Talleres Tipográficos. ISBN 9972-2595-1-X. OCLC 80550339.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ López Lenci, Yazmín, 1964- ... (1999). El laboratorio de la vanguardia literaria en el Perú : trayectoria de una génesis a través de las revistas culturales de los años veinte. Ed. Horizonte. ISBN 9972-699-11-0. OCLC 468575308.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Harald (31 January 1998), "Literatura, artes y vida en las vanguardias españolas", Nuevos caminos en la investigación de los años 20 en España, DE GRUYTER, pp. 47–54, doi:10.1515/9783110963588.47, ISBN 978-3-11-096358-8, retrieved 19 March 2020
  6. ^ Cervantes, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de. "El canon de Alberto Hidalgo / Carlos García y May Lorenzo Alcalá". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  7. ^ Hidalgo, Alberto (1925). Simplismo poemas inventados. Ed. El Inca. OCLC 247146507.