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Javier Torre Aguado ( University of Denver, Languages and Literatures, Colorado,
u sa )
Narrative Techniques in Post-Totalitarian Iberian Travel Narrative
Aft er the death of dictator Francisco Franco in Spain there was no more need for
subtle ( or explicit ) criticism of his regime under the guise of neorealist travelogues
through the countryside. With the arrival of a blooming democratic system, artistic
discourse also took a new turn producing a wave of travel accounts that put into
practice a more varied set of narrative techniques, borrowing from other literary
sources such as new journalism and the Latin American boom. Such is the case of
the three travel books under analysis in this presentation : La tribu ( 1980 ) by Manuel
Leguineche, Relatos de Babia ( 1981 ) by Luis Mateo Díez, and Amor América ( 1998 )
by Maruja Torres. All three travel books share a new approach to the representation
of reality, stepping away from strict realism and borrowing from fi ctional techniques
such as stream of consciousness and multiperspectivism.
Email jtorre@du.edu
Section Traveling in Dictatorships : Colonialism, Caudillismo, Fascism, Communism
Panel 15
Date July 28
Time 13 :15
Location k l 29/208