Tradición y ruptura en la poesía neohelénica

Thc two featurcs that guarantee thc continui ty of classic culture in Ncohcllenic poctry have to be lookcd for in thc maintcnance of language and the developmcnt of a national liternturc. lf it seems implausiblc to admit a break in relation to language. but a logi c cvol ution of its constitutive elemcnts, in rclation to Iiternture the continuity of the classic period is establishcd both in popular songs from Byzantine and Neohcllcnic Geece particularly in those knownk as «paralogés», and in the dcvelopment of Greek poctry from 182 1 on . Therefore, the works of Sykelianós. Kavafis, Sc fcris and Elytis are e xamincd .