The ‘Truth’ of the Past
Fiction as an Alternative to History in Contemporary Spanish Narratives of the Civil War and the Holocaust
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16774361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel O’Donoghue (0000-0001-8861-1372, University College London, corresponding author), Samuel O'Donoghue |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 322-338 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2737 • E-ISSN: 1745-820X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14682737.2016.1200856 |
| OpenAlex | W2510758447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article explores the debates regarding the use of fiction to represent traumatic twentieth-century experiences. Through an analysis of Jorge Semprún’s Quel beau dimanche (1980) and L’écriture ou la vie (1994), Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Sefarad (2001) and Alberto Méndez’s Los girasoles ciegos (2004), it interrogates the value and morality of contemporary Spanish novelists’ use of fiction to explore the past. At the same time, this article seeks to build on a nascent field of critical investigation by drawing links between how novelists have written about two different historical experiences: the Spanish Civil War and the Holocaust
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Spanish Civil War · The Holocaust · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Spanish Culture and Identity
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |