Space, memory and search in La soñadora, by Gustavo Martín Garzo
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https://doi.org/10.24197/sxxi.21.2023.1-29Keywords:
memory, Gustavo Martín Garzo, space, soñadora, mythicalAbstract
Gustavo Martín Garzo can be placed among the latest narrative production from the Spanish region of Castilla y León. Such production is characterized by the dialog between memory and oblivion, often located on fictional and symbolic spaces. The objective of this article is to explore different meanings of the space in the novel La soñadora, having as a reference the criticism produced on the second half of the 20th Century which consider the narrative space as a metaphysic construction. With this central idea, the article proposes an analysis of the space as a mythical space, related to the unsuccessful search of happiness of the characters, and to the memory places studied by Pierre Nora. This paper is framed in critical production on memory and space in the literature from Castilla y León, that has become especially important in the last decade.
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