# SPANISH 270 - The Warning in its Music: Politics of the Poem in 20th Century Spain Semester: Spring | Year offered: 2026 An exploration of the fraught connection between political engagement and textual innovation in poetry written in and about 20th Century Spain. Discussion of key texts by Aub, Castro, Cernuda, Conde, Darío, Lorca, Machado, Neruda, Vallejo, among others. Focus on topics such as violence, testimony, memory, exile. Theoretical and critical readings include essays by Adorno, Celan, Guillén, Paz, Said. Course conducted in Spanish. --- ## Instructor [### Daniel Aguirre Oteiza ](/people/daniel-aguirre-oteiza) Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) Spanish Section Leader Academic Degrees: A. B., Universidad de Salamanca; Diploma of Higher Studies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University Research Interests: Modern Spanish Literature and Culture (18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries); Spanish, Latin... ![Daniel](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/daniel_aguirre_oteiza_foto_retrato_1200_pix.jpg?itok=t6hGkVUH) See also:- [ 200 ](/class-categories/200) - [ Daniel Aguirre-Oteiza ](/instructor/daniel-aguirre-oteiza) - [ Spanish ](/language/spanish) - [ Spring 2026 ](/class/term/spring-2026)