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Spanish Literature and the Recovery of Historical Memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

José M. González
Affiliation:
Instituto de Filosofía, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/ Albasanz, 26-28, 28037 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

This article analyses the recovery of the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War in the last decade, after so many years of silence, forgetfulness and oblivion. Four points are developed: first, how this recovery is achieved by the civil society in general and by the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory in particular. Secondly, there is a brief allusion to the quarrel between historians and philosophers about the place of memory and remembrance for the construction of the history of Spain. Thirdly, a reference to the recent Historical Memory Law is made, and finally there is a point about the important role played by literature in recovering the memory of many painful facts of the Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship from the point of view of the victims.

Type
Focus: European Literature
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 2009

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