Memory and Trauma in the Postwar Spanish Novel

Edited by Sarah Leggott and Ross Woods - Contributions by Christine Arkinstall; Federico Bonaddio; Beatriz Caba...

This book proposes a new direction for the study of Spanish literature of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, arguing that novels of this period merit a fresh critical approach that enriches existing perspectives on the Spanish novel during the first two decades of the Franco dictatorship. Essays take an interdisciplinary approach to reveal how contemporary cultural theory relating to memory and trauma can enhance our understanding of the postwar Spanish novel.

ContentsIntroductionSarah Leggott and Ross WoodsSection One. Revisiting the Past: Memory and HistoryThe Ghosts of the Past: Revisiting La familia de Pascual DuarteRoss WoodsRemembering the Canon: La familia de Pascual Duarte and Nada revisitedAnne WalshWar, History, and Memory in Arturo Bareäs La forja de un rebeldeAlison Ribeiro de MenezesMemory and History in Ana María Matute¿s Los soldados lloran de nocheFrancis LoughSection Two. Reading the Wounded Generation: Pluralistic TraumaOpening and Closing History¿s Wounds: Mercedes Salisachs¿ Los que se quedanChristine ArkinstallRepresenting Individual and Collective Trauma: Dolores Mediös Nosotros, los RiveroSarah LeggottIgnacio Aldecoäs El fulgor y la sangre: The Politics of Memory under FrancoJulia van LuijkSection Three. Narrating Traumatic Experience: Uncovered Trauma¿The Unsuspected Truth¿: Silence and Trauma in Carmen Laforet¿s NadaFederico BonaddioThe Trauma of Coming of Age in Rosa Chacel¿s Memorias de Leticia Valle and Ana María Matute¿s Primera memoriaDaniela OmlorThe Cathartic Exercise of Memory in María Zambranös Delirio y destinoBeatriz Caballero RodríguezBibliographyAbout the Contributors