Spanish Post-War Novels: Literary Movements and Key Works
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Spanish Post-War Novels: 1940s to 1970s
Novels of the 1940s: Tremendismo and Existentialism
Important novels of the 1940s include The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela (1942) and Nada by Carmen Laforet (1945).
The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942)
- Most representative of the tremendista novel, vividly portraying the extreme inhumanity and violence of rural Spain, and ultimately, the human condition.
- In his narrative, Cela combines elements of:
- Picaresque novel: Narrative told in the first person.
- Naturalism: The supposed determinism governing the protagonist and the detailed description of reality.
- Esperpento (Valle-Inclán): Exaggeration and the animalization of characters.
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