Reflexiones sobre los ensayos críticos de Miguel Delibes
Reflections on Miguel Delibes’ Critical Essays

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the collection of critical essays written by Miguel Delibes and published in the volume España 1936-1950: Muerte y resurrección de la novela aiming to offer a panoramic view on the after-war literary productions provided by the members of the so-called “children-of-the-war” generation, a group of writers in search for novelty in terms of literary form and expression. Delibes’ aim is to cast light on the struggles of the young artists of his generation in their quest to find the right organization and development of the literary discourse in order to face social injustice and censorship. His literary creed spins around the views of the writer as creator and of the work of art as the result of the “inner combustion” of the writer. Also, a key point resides in revealing his critical views on the importance of the character, seen from a double perspective: as a narrative axis and as an alter ego of the narrator or his spokesperson in relation to the world, thus defining himself as a follower of the line unfolded by the great Miguel de Unamuno.

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