Spanish Literature: Postwar to Contemporary Masterpieces

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The Novel of Exile

  • Ramón J. Sender: Crónica del alba (novel series)
  • Rosa Chacel: Memorias de Leticia Valle, District of Wonder
  • Max Aub: Calle Valverde, Card Game, The Magic Labyrinth
  • Francisco Ayala: The Abduction

The Existential Novel of the 1940s

  • Camilo José Cela: The Family of Pascual Duarte
  • Carmen Laforet: Nada

Social Realism in the 1950s

  • Mid-century generation: Carmen Martín Gaite, Juan Goytisolo, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Ana María Matute
  • Camilo José Cela: The Hive
  • Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio: El Jarama

The Experimental Narrative of the 1960s

Influential Foreign and Hispanic Novelists

  • Foreign novelists: Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, William Faulkner
  • Hispanic authors: Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo
  • Julio Cortázar: Rayuela
  • Mario Vargas Llosa: La ciudad y los perros
  • Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Key Spanish Experimental Works

  • Luis Martín-Santos
  • Miguel Delibes: Five Hours with Mario
  • Camilo José Cela: San Camilo, 1936
  • Gonzalo Torrente Ballester: La saga/fuga de J. B.
  • Juan Goytisolo: Signs of Identity
  • Juan Benet: You'll Return to Región
  • Juan Marsé: Last Evenings with Teresa
  • Eduardo Mendoza: The Truth About the Savolta Case

The Spanish Novel Between 1975 and 1990

  • Luis Mateo Díez: The Fountain of Age, Provincial Stations
  • Julio Llamazares: Luna de lobos, The Yellow Rain
  • José María Merino: Visions of Lucrecia
  • Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: The Pianist
  • Prominent Women Writers: Esther Tusquets, Soledad Puértolas, Cristina Fernández Cubas

The Contemporary Spanish Novel

  • Javier Marías: All Souls, A Heart So White
  • Antonio Muñoz Molina: The Polish Rider, Full Moon
  • Almudena Grandes: The Ages of Lulu, Malena is a Name of Tango
  • Luis Landero: Games of the Late Age, The Guitarist
  • Arturo Pérez-Reverte: The Fencing Master, The Flanders Panel, Captain Alatriste
  • Young Novelists: Ray Loriga, José Ángel Mañas, Espido Freire
  • Gustavo Martín Garzo: The Language of the Sources, The Little Heir
  • Manuel Rivas: The Carpenter's Pencil, What Do You Love Me, Love?
  • Other Notable Authors: Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Bernardo Atxaga, Álvaro Pombo, Antonio Gala, Javier Cercas, Juan Manuel de Prada

Spanish Poetry in the Postwar Era

  • Luis Rosales: The Burning House
  • Dámaso Alonso: Hijos de la ira
  • Blas de Otero: Ángel fieramente humano
  • Carlos Edmundo de Ory: Creator of Postismo (Vanguard movement)
  • Group Cántico: Pablo García Baena

Social Poetry of the 1950s

  • Blas de Otero: I Pray for Peace and the Word
  • Gabriel Celaya: Cantos íberos
  • Key Figures: José Agustín Goytisolo, José Hierro
  • Vicente Aleixandre: History of the Heart

Poetry of the 1960s and the Novísimos

The 1960s Generation

  • Claudio Rodríguez, Ángel González, José Ángel Valente, Jaime Gil de Viedma

Poetry of the Newest (Novísimos)

  • Pere Gimferrer, Leopoldo María Panero
  • Culturalism: Antonio Colinas, Guillermo Carnero
  • Experimental Poetry: José Miguel Ullán, Joan Brossa

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