Two Treatments on the Phenomenon of Anarchism in the Barcelona Novel: From Mariona Rebull to La verdad sobre el caso Savolta

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https://doi.org/10.20420/Phil.Can.2022.469

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anarchism and literature, Spanish novel of the twentieth century, Eduardo Mendoza, Ignacio Agustí, Barcelona

Abstract

This paper aims to study the presence of anarchism as a historical and social phenomenon in the novels Mariona Rebull by Ignacio Agustí, published in 1944, and La verdad sobre el caso Savolta by Eduardo Mendoza, published in 1975. This paper offers a contrast between the two novels, observing their commonalities –the theme and location, mainly– and their points of opposition –narrative technique and description of social environments–. These differences also allow us to observe the diverse treatment of anarchist violence in the historical novel written under the Franco period, noting clear differences between the vision offered by Agustí, in the midst of the post-war period, and that of Mendoza, at the gates of the democratic transition.

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Antonio Rivero Machina, IES Valle de Ambroz (Hervás, Cáceres) / Junta de Extremadura

Antonio Rivero Machina was born in Pamplona in 1987. He holds an international doctorate in Philological and Linguistic Studies from the Universidad de Extremadura. He has published over ten papers in scientific journals such as Castilla, Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana or Archivum and magazines such as Turia or Quimera. Extraordinary degree prize and Extraordinary doctorate prize, he was the winner of the II International Prize for Literary Research “Ángel González” of the Universidad de Oviedo for his book Posguerra y poesía. Construcciones críticas y realidad histórica (Anthropos, 2017). He has taught and lectured at several universities in Spain, Italy, and Portugal. His research focuses on contemporary Spanish literature and Iberian comparativism of the 17th and 20th centuries.

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2022-05-31

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Rivero Machina, A. (2022). Two Treatments on the Phenomenon of Anarchism in the Barcelona Novel: From Mariona Rebull to La verdad sobre el caso Savolta. Philologica Canariensia, 28, 95–112. https://doi.org/10.20420/Phil.Can.2022.469

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