Chaotic experiences of moving-off in Juan Francisco Ferré’s novels
In his novels, the Spanish writer Juan Francisco Ferré points out the Spanish decadence, as did before him the Spanish writers of the Generación del 98. For Ferré, Spain is not able to throw away an obsolete conception of modernity, based upon the couple imperialism/colonialism, inheritance of the X...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Letras de Hoje (Online) |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/33325 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fale/article/view/33325 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Decadence. Moving-off. Imperialism/Colonialism. Nationalism. Identity. Decadencia. Descentramiento. Imperialismo/Colonialismo. Nacionalismo. Identidad. Descentramento. Excentricidade. Decadência. Identidade. Globalização. |
| Sumario: | In his novels, the Spanish writer Juan Francisco Ferré points out the Spanish decadence, as did before him the Spanish writers of the Generación del 98. For Ferré, Spain is not able to throw away an obsolete conception of modernity, based upon the couple imperialism/colonialism, inheritance of the XVIIIth century. The reader can observe this very critical vision of Spain in Providence (2008) and El Rey del Juego (2015) which bring out two traumatic experiences of moving-off from the cultural and political center that is Spain. In spite of the fact that the twoheroes are really eccentric, they don’t manage to move away from their “home country”. This paper aims to investigate the reasons why they both fail and analyze the critical point of view of Ferré on Spain inside the context of globalization. |
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