A diffuse murmur of history
Subtitle: literary memory narratives of civil war and dictatorship in Spanish novels after 1990
By: Fiona Schouten.
Publisher: P.I.E. Peter Lang; P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bruxelles; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9789052015903
Subjects: Spanish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Memory in literature; Literature and history -- Spain; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Literature and the war; Spain -- History -- 1939-1975 -- In literature
Description: After decades of uncomfortable silence, Spain has now started dealing with its violent twentieth-century past. In recent years, a vibrant memory discourse has emerged in Spanish society: the number of films, TV series, newspaper articles, history books, and memorials dedicated to the Civil War of 1936-1939 and the ensuing dictatorship of Franco has increased dramatically. Literature has also played its part in provoking and maintaining this memory boom, and as a consequence, the study of contemporary Spanish novels has started revolving around questions on the responsibility of the author, on the impact of literature in society, on its role in shaping memories, and on its ethical status. This book takes up these questions in an attempt to combine the outlook of collective memory studies with the theoretical demands of Poststructuralist theories. Focusing on themes such as haunting and the uncanny, nostalgia, the Bildungsroman genre, and autobiography, its author analyses memory narratives in fourteen novels by foremost Spanish authors like Javier Marías, Luis Goytisolo, Enrique Vila-Matas, and Manuel Vicent. -- From publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Collective memory studies and the crisis of representation; title: Collective memory studies and the legacy of post-structuralism; title: Reading ethically; title: Towards a discordant reading of contemporary Spanish memory novels; title: Genres, stereotypes, and the bildungsroman; title: Antonio Muñoz Molina, el dueño del secreto; title: Rafael Chirbes, los viejos amigos; title: Alvaro Pombo, aparición del eterno femenino contada por S.M. el Rey; title: Felix de Azúa, momentos decisivos; title: On nostalgia; title: Manuel Vicent, tranvía a la malvarrosa; title: Julio Llamazares, escenas de cine mudo; title: Enrique Vila-Matas, parís no se acaba nunca; title: Andrés Trapiello, el buque fantasma; title: The power of autobiography; title: Javier Marías, tu rostro mañana; title: Luis Goytisolo, estatua con palomas; title: Javier Cercas, soldados de salamina; title: Gothic, uncanny and the tropes of fear; title: Justo navarro, la casa del padre; title: Rosa Regés, luna lunera; title: Carlos Ruiz Zafón, la sombra del viento.