Narrar la ciudad: Neoliberalismo, consumismo, era digital y novelas de la crisis en la literatura española del siglo XXI
Narrating the city: Neoliberalism, consumerism, digital age and economic crisis novels in Spanish literature of the 21st century
Author(s): Noelia S. GarcíaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Economy, Studies of Literature, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Public Administration, Economic history, Novel, Ancient Philosphy, Economic policy, Security and defense, Personality Psychology, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture, Socio-Economic Research, Ontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: novel; crisis; city; consumerism; neoliberalism
Summary/Abstract: The 2008 crisis produced a readjustment of social relationships in Spain, which was mirrored by an alternative discourse in fiction which renews the canon and enhances the construction of a fictional reality that reflects society. The most contemporary narrators display a wide variety of discourses on the assimilation of the crisis. This article analyse three novels. Robert Juan-Cantavella’s El Dorado, which was published on the year the crisis began and shows the triumph of neoliberalism and consumerism in the holiday town in the years before the crisis. Alternatively, Elvira Navarro’s La trabajadora and Sara Mesa’s Cicatriz offer a realistic point of view of the impact of the crisis on urban structures and the job insecurity it caused.
Journal: Romanica Silesiana
- Issue Year: 2/2022
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 1-12
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Spanish