Historical Fiction in Spain

Nicola M. Gilmour
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Medieval historical fiction is a popular genre in Spanish publishing. This essay interrogates the popularity of these novels, and explores the possible theoretical frameworks for understanding its contribution to Spanish cultural identity. It traces the rise of medieval historical fiction set in the “España de las Tres Culturas” from the early 1990s, with particular reference to 1992’s Quincentennial commemorations. Furthermore, the subject matter of these novels (convivencia between ethno-religious communities) links it to modern social and political issues – Islamic immigration, terrorism, cultural diversity, Holocaust memorialisation and historical memory – that also arose in the 1990s, giving it special relevance. To understand the contribution of this genre to Spain’s historical vision, this essays examines its relation to both history and memory, highlighting the problem of reading historical fiction in either of these ways. The paper concludes that a better way to understand historical fiction’s contribution to Spanish cultural identity is to see it as a part of a process of constructing a national mythscape, rather than as part of Spain’s history or collective memory.
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西班牙历史小说
中世纪历史小说是西班牙出版界流行的一种小说体裁。本文探讨了这些小说的受欢迎程度,并探讨了理解其对西班牙文化认同的贡献的可能的理论框架。它追溯了20世纪90年代初以“España de las treres Culturas”为背景的中世纪历史小说的兴起,特别提到了1992年的五十周年纪念活动。此外,这些小说的主题(民族-宗教社区之间的便利)将其与现代社会和政治问题联系起来——伊斯兰移民、恐怖主义、文化多样性、大屠杀纪念和历史记忆——这些问题也出现在20世纪90年代,赋予了它特殊的相关性。为了理解这一类型对西班牙历史观的贡献,本文考察了它与历史和记忆的关系,突出了以这两种方式阅读历史小说的问题。本文的结论是,理解历史小说对西班牙文化认同的贡献的更好方法是将其视为构建国家神话景观过程的一部分,而不是作为西班牙历史或集体记忆的一部分。
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