Myth and History in the Contemporary Spanish Novel

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-28846-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 478 g

Since the Civil War, Spanish novelists have produced a noteworthy body of fiction. In this book, Jo Labanyi provides detailed textual analysis of six of the most important novels to have been written during this period: Martin-Santos' Tiempo de silencio, Benet's Volverás a Región, Marsé's Si te dicen que caí, Cela's San Camilo, 1936, Juan Goytisolo's Reivindicación del conde don Julián, and Torrente Ballester's La saga/fuga de J.B. The focus on myth as a response to history is intended as a corrective to archetypal myth criticism, and stresses the variety of ways in which Spanish novelists have resorted to myth, and the need to relate their use of it to the historical context of Francoist ideology. The book also raises important general issues about the ways in which fiction, as a form of mythification, relates to the real world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Labanyi, Jo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Spanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The historical uses of myth; 2. Myth and Nationalist Spain; 3. Fiction as mask Tiempo de silencio; 4. Fiction as echo: Volverás a Región; 5. Fiction as corruption: Si te dicen que caí; 6. Fiction as release: San Camilo, 1936, Reivindicación del conde don Julián, La saga/fuga de J.B; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.