Una Figura Canonica De Las Letras Hispanicas De La Segunda Mitad Del Siglo Xix: Emilia Pardo Bazán
A Canonical Figure Of The Hispanic Letters Of The Second Half Of The XIX Century: Emilia Pardo Bazán

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines two major works of Emilia Pardo Bazán, essential for the study of Naturalism in Spain: La cuestión palpitante, and Los pazos de Ulloa, the novel which exemplifies this current. We emphasize the intellectual profile of the Countess, as she was one of the very few European women of her time having spiritual preoccupations. We also stress upon the fact that the Spanish writer was one of the most significant canonic figures of Hispanic literature, and we scrutinise an emblematic text of her initial phase, La cuestión palpitante, which becomes later a starting point for many of her novels, as Los pazos de Ulloa, her most popular novel, is. On the other hand, we connect the aesthetics of Naturalism, applied by Bazán to her most popular novel Los pazos de Ulloa, with the Spanish character, for which it is perfectly suited, taking into account that such aesthetics has many antecedents in the literature of the Golden Age, a fact that does not impede Bazan’s creation of a new sensibility in the Spanish novel of her time. Finally, we submit our conclusions regarding the importance of these two works, which definitely contribute to the cultural development of Spain.

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