Myth and history in the contemporary Spanish novel
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Myth and history in the contemporary Spanish novel
Cambridge University Press, 1989
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Bibliography: p. 247-275
Includes index
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Description
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 Volveras a Region, Marse's Si te dicen que cai, Cela's San Camilo, 1936, Juan Goytisolo's Reivindicacion del conde don Julian, 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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The historical uses of myth
- 2. Myth and Nationalist Spain
- 3. Fiction as mask Tiempo de silencio
- 4. Fiction as echo: Volveras a Region
- 5. Fiction as corruption: Si te dicen que cai
- 6. Fiction as release: San Camilo, 1936, Reivindicacion del conde don Julian, La saga/fuga de J.B
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
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