Spain is different? - Historical memory and the 'Two Spains' in turn-of-the-millennium Spanish apocalyptic fictions (Hardcover)

The end of the second millennium witnessed an increase in science-fictional apocalyptic narratives globally. There is a noteworthy difference between such fictions from Latin America and the anglophone world and those from Spain, in which scientific explanations of events coexist with biblically-inspired plots, characters and imagery. This is the first book-length study of either science-fictional novels or apocalyptic literature in that country, analysing six such works between 1990 and 2005. Within a theoretical framework that includes critical and genre theories, archetypal criticism, and biblical scholarship, the book explains this phenomenon as a result of three historical factors: the 'Two Spains', Spanish 'difference', and the 'Pact of Silence', a tacit agreement that made justice and accountability impossible in the name of a peaceful transition to democracy. It repressed any processing of the historical trauma experienced during the Civil War and dictatorship, trauma that manifests itself symbolically in these fictions.

General

Imprint:	University Of Wales Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Iberian and Latin American Studies
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Dale Knickerbocker
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-78683-812-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	1-78683-812-5
Barcode:	9781786838124

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