Genre Fusion

A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-55753-678-5
Verlag: Purdue University Press

Buch, Englisch, 241 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 374 g

Reihe: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Genre Fusion opens with a straightforward overview of the relationships among history, fiction, and memory in contemporary culture. While providing an up-to-date context for scholarly debates about Spain’s historical memory, Genre Fusion also expands the contours of the discussion beyond the specialised territory of Hispanic studies. To demonstrate the theoretical necessity of genre fusion, Brenneis analyses pairs of interconnected texts (one a work of literature, the other a work of historiography) written by a single author. She explores how fictional and nonfictional works by Montserrat Roig, Carmen Martín Gaite, Carlos Blanco Aguinaga, and Javier Marías unearth the collective memories of Spain’s past.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brenneis, Sara J.

Über Autor(innen)

Sara J. Brenneis teaches a diverse array of courses on contemporary Spanish culture at Amherst College. She has published scholarly articles in journals such as the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Letras Femeninas, and History & Memory on the overlapping of history and fiction in Spanish literature. Brenneis’s current work focuses on issues of historical memory in Spanish representations of the Holocaust.