Affect as an Antidote against the Privatization and Depolitization of Memory

Authors

  • Anthony Sterling Nuckols Universitat de València

Keywords:

afecto, memoria, Guerra Civil Española, narrativa

Abstract

Some of the critical analyses of the so-called “memory boom” literature in Spain point to a privatization of memory and a depoliticization of this theme in narrative, both processes occurring also in Spanish society. In this article, we propose an analysis of the novelSanto Diablo (2004) by Ernesto Pérez Zúñiga and the play El cartógrafo: Varsovia (1:400.000) (2010) by Juan Mayorga, keeping in mind the Spinozan notion of affect (by way of Deleuze) as well as more recent contributions, as an antidote for privatization and depoliticization. Through affect, we offer a reading of these works that (trans)nationalizes the concept of memory and (re)introduces politics in the narratives about the recent violent past.

Author Biography

Anthony Sterling Nuckols, Universitat de València

Doctorando en Estudios Hispánicos Avanzados

Departamento de filología española

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Published

2016-01-31

How to Cite

Nuckols, A. S. (2016). Affect as an Antidote against the Privatization and Depolitization of Memory. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (14), 87–104. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/452f/article/view/14133

Issue

No. 14 (2016): Thinking about Affect in Culture and Art

Section

Monograph

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