Fictional Portrayals of Spain's Transition to Democracy

Fictional Portrayals of Spain's Transition to Democracy
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9781527500457
ISBN-13 : 1527500454
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Book Synopsis Fictional Portrayals of Spain's Transition to Democracy by : Anne L. Walsh

Download or read book Fictional Portrayals of Spain's Transition to Democracy written by Anne L. Walsh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manuscript looks at a selection of narratives published in Spain during the transition to democracy and compares them with more recent publications. The main focus here is how fiction brings an extra dimension to the recreation of the past, by adding imagination to historical fact. One effect of this is to challenge readers or spectators to question the effect the reliability of the narrator has on conviction about the events told. By using a specific moment in time, Spain’s Transition, it will be seen that memory, history and imagination all blend together to create very different stories, but all are linked with the idea that the past will always haunt the present and actions from the past will have far-reaching consequences. Texts analysed here include work by Javier Cercas, Eduardo Mendoza, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Rosa Montero, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and Gonzalo López Alba, as well as episodes from two popular TV series, Cuéntame cómo pasó and Protagonistas de la Transición.


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