SPAN 597 Filthy Fiction(s): Spanish Naturalism, Tremendismo, and Dirty Realism

This seminar will consider late-nineteenth century Naturalism, post-Civil War Tremendismo, and Generation X "dirty realism" (or "blank fiction") of the 1990s—a triptych-like set of modern narrative sensibilities whose sordid reflections of/on the real thrust the genre of the Spanish novel beyond contemporary limits of good taste, while drawing on its foundations in the picaresque. Authors considered, by way of paired texts, will include: Emilia Pardo Bazán and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez; Camilo José Cela and Carmen Laforet; José Ángel Mañas and Lucía Etxebarría.