Abstract
During the epoch at the turn of the 20th century - known in the Hispanic area as modernism - a new genre appeared: a modernist chronicle, published in newspapers and magazines. Despite the fact the newspapers were symbols of transitoriness, the modernists tried even there to create a beautiful, artistic prose which would reflect the main questions and fears of that period.
The modernist chronicle became an instrument of presentation of new, unknown and rare experiences and also a way how to interpret the modern world an human existence.