La Narrativa Española de Posguerra
The Spanish Postwar Narrative

Summary/Abstract: With the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), a new era began in Spanish literature. Newpromotions undertook the hard and difficult task of rebuilding the cultural life of thecountry even if they had to face different kinds of obstacles. The new poetic or novelproductions were, without a doubt, the work of another generation. However, theliterature of the first post-war years cannot be reduced to the production of thosewho joined it after 1939, given the invaluable contribution of highly distinguishedpersonalities belonging to previous generations. If during the first post-war years,poetry had reached a certain development, the novel, already little cultivated in thepreceding stage, remained stagnant in Spain until approximately 1945, at whichtime, for a series of reasons, among which we could mention the establishment ofseveral literary awards, it began to replace translations of foreign authors. Thepolitical, economic, social and ideological consequences, in addition to the difficultiesimposed by censorship, will influence the literary work of the moment and will,undoubtedly, constrain the creation of the novel.

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