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In recent years, much Spanish literary criticism has been
characterized by debates about collective and historical memory,
stemming from a national obsession with the past that has seen an
explosion of novels and films about the Spanish Civil War and
Franco dictatorship. This growth of so-called memory studies in
literary scholarship has focused on the representation of memory
and trauma in contemporary narratives dealing with the Civil War
and ensuing dictatorship. In contrast, the novel of the postwar
period has received relatively little critical attention of late,
despite the fact that memory and trauma also feature, in different
ways and to varying degrees, in many works written during the
Franco years. The essays in this study argue that such novels merit
a fresh critical approach, and that contemporary scholarship
relating to the representation of memory and trauma in literature
can enhance our understanding of the postwar Spanish novel. The
volume opens with essays that engage with aspects of contemporary
theoretical approaches to memory in order to reveal the ways in
which these are pertinent to Spanish novels written in the first
postwar decades, with studies on novels by Camilo Jose Cela, Carmen
Laforet, Arturo Barea and Ana Maria Matute. Its second section
focuses on the representation of trauma in specific postwar novels,
drawing on elements from trauma studies scholarship to discuss
neglected works by Mercedes Salisachs, Dolores Medio and Ignacio
Aldecoa. The final essays continue the focus on the theme of trauma
and revisit works by women writers, namely Carmen Laforet, Rosa
Chacel, Ana Maria Matute and Maria Zambrano, that foreground the
experiences of female protagonists who are seeking to deal with a
traumatic past. The essays in this volume thus propose a new
direction for the study of Spanish literature of 1940s, 1950s and
early 1960s, enhancing existing approaches to the postwar Spanish
novel through an engagement with contemporary scholarship on memory
and trauma in literature."
In recent years, much Spanish literary criticism has been
characterized by debates about collective and historical memory,
stemming from a national obsession with the past that has seen an
explosion of novels and films about the Spanish Civil War and
Franco dictatorship. This growth of so-called memory studies in
literary scholarship has focused on the representation of memory
and trauma in contemporary narratives dealing with the Civil War
and ensuing dictatorship. In contrast, the novel of the postwar
period has received relatively little critical attention of late,
despite the fact that memory and trauma also feature, in different
ways and to varying degrees, in many works written during the
Franco years. The essays in this study argue that such novels merit
a fresh critical approach, and that contemporary scholarship
relating to the representation of memory and trauma in literature
can enhance our understanding of the postwar Spanish novel. The
volume opens with essays that engage with aspects of contemporary
theoretical approaches to memory in order to reveal the ways in
which these are pertinent to Spanish novels written in the first
postwar decades, with studies on novels by Camilo Jose Cela, Carmen
Laforet, Arturo Barea and Ana Maria Matute. Its second section
focuses on the representation of trauma in specific postwar novels,
drawing on elements from trauma studies scholarship to discuss
neglected works by Mercedes Salisachs, Dolores Medio and Ignacio
Aldecoa. The final essays continue the focus on the theme of trauma
and revisit works by women writers, namely Carmen Laforet, Rosa
Chacel, Ana Maria Matute and Maria Zambrano, that foreground the
experiences of female protagonists who are seeking to deal with a
traumatic past. The essays in this volume thus propose a new
direction for the study of Spanish literature of 1940s, 1950s and
early 1960s, enhancing existing approaches to the postwar Spanish
novel through an engagement with contemporary scholarship on memory
and trauma in literature.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines contemporary
public history’s engagement with the Spanish Civil War. The
chapters discuss the history and mission of the main institutional
archives of the war, contemporary and forensic archaeology of the
conflict, burial sites, the affordances of digital culture in the
sphere of war memory, the teaching of the conflict in Spanish
school curricula, and the place of war memory within human rights
initiatives. Adopting a strongly comparative focus, the authors
argue for greater public visibility and more nuanced discussion of
the Civil War’s legacy, positing a virtual museum as one means to
foster dialogue.
This innovative book examines the emergence of a memory discourse
in Spain since the millennium, taking as its point of departure
recent grave exhumations and the "Law of Historical Memory."
Through an analysis of exhumation photography, novels, films,
television, and comics, the volume overturns the notion that
Spanish history is pathological.
This innovative book examines the emergence of a memory discourse
in Spain since the millennium, taking as its point of departure
recent grave exhumations and the Law of Historical Memory. The
chapters focus on cultural products that interrogate the processes
and pitfalls of traumatic remembrance. Through an analysis of
exhumation photography, novels, films, television shows, and
comics, the volume examines a substantial body of works in which
there is a focus on overcoming the notion that Spanish history is
pathological.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines contemporary
public history's engagement with the Spanish Civil War. The
chapters discuss the history and mission of the main institutional
archives of the war, contemporary and forensic archaeology of the
conflict, burial sites, the affordances of digital culture in the
sphere of war memory, the teaching of the conflict in Spanish
school curricula, and the place of war memory within human rights
initiatives. Adopting a strongly comparative focus, the authors
argue for greater public visibility and more nuanced discussion of
the Civil War's legacy, positing a virtual museum as one means to
foster dialogue.
A comprehensive examination of the full range of Carmen Martin
Gaite's work. Carmen Martin Gaite produced a large body of work in
various genres over the course of her five-decade career, though
she is primarily known as a novelist, short story writer, and
social commentator. Her work at times reflects, and at times
defies, the pattern of development in Spanish fiction since the
1950s. This Companion offers a re-reading of Martin Gaite's works,
emphasizing her early experimentalism which culminated in
mid-career works (notably El cuarto de atras), and stressing how,
in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the majority of Spanish
novelists were engaged in a critique of history, Martin Gaite
turned to the writing of cultural history, exploring its
intersection with narrative fiction in a positivist rather than a
nihilistic mode. Her exploration of gender issues, particularly
mother-child relations, towards the end of her career anticipated
new directions in feminist thought. Discussions of often-ignored
works, such as poetry, drama, children's literature, and literary
translations, offer insight into sidelined aspects of this writer's
literary output. Catherine O'Leary is Reader in Spanish at the
University of St Andrews. Alison Ribeiro de Menezes is Professor of
Spanish at the University of Warwick.
In 25 innovative thematic essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the
Spanish Civil War sees an interdisciplinary team of scholars
examine a conflict that, more than 80 years after its conclusion,
continues to generate both scholarly and public controversy. Split
into four main sections covering Military and Diplomatic Issues,
Society and Culture, Politics, and Debates, the volume offers a
number of unique features. It is unprecedented in its
comprehensiveness and includes chapters on topics that are rarely,
if ever, explored in the literature of the field: humanitarianism,
children and families, material conditions, the decimation of
elites, archives and sources, archaeological approaches, digital
approaches, public history, and cultural studies approaches.
Instead of discussing each of the two warring sides, Republicans
and Francoists, separately, as is so often the case, the book’s
thematic structure means that these opposing forces are examined
together, facilitating comparison and fresh understanding in
numerous areas of study. Contributors from the UK, the USA, Canada,
Spain and Denmark also analyse the major controversies and disputes
surrounding each topic as part of a detailed exploration of one of
the seminal events of the 20th century.
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