Objectives
- To explore the figure of Fernando de los Ríos and his intellectual journey linked to the Institución Libre de Enseñanza and humanist socialism.
- To analyse the decisive impact of the teacher-pupil relationship between Fernando de los Ríos and Federico García Lorca on key milestones such as his move to the Residencia de Estudiantes and his trip to New York.
- To identify the networks of intellectual and artistic contacts that were forged through the professor’s mediation.
- To reflect on the importance of Fernando de los Ríos’s institutional and political support in the development of educational and cultural projects during the Second Republic, such as La Barraca.
Summary
This unit analyses the relationship between Fernando de los Ríos and Federico García Lorca, with the aim of demonstrating how this bond was a key driving force in the Granada-born writer’s personal, literary and institutional career. Through a biographical and chronological account, it explores De los Ríos’s intellectual origins at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza and how his guidance facilitated Lorca’s move to the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid, opening the doors to key intellectual networks and collaborations. This section also examines the crucial trip they undertook together to New York in 1929.
Content creators
- Laura Lozano Marín. PhD in Spanish Literature.
Podcast
Listen to the episode: ‘Federico García Lorca and Fernando de los Ríos’ (Text and narration created using AI tools for educational purposes.)