What we now described as «the group of 27» or «the generation of 27» was called then the «young literature» or «new literature». Their representatives were well aware of the unique aesthetic qualities of the «young literature». According to Giménez Caballero, in 1928 literature was anti-romantic, anti-purism and anti-rhetoric, pro-cinema and pro-joy, and its main instruments were the concept and the metaphor.