Re-discovering History in Lourdes Ortiz's Urraca.
This article discusses the ways in which Lourdes Ortiz's historical novel Urraca (1982) challenges conventional perceptions of medieval Iberian culture. It highlights Francoist Spanish History's manipulation of the past and vindicates literature's potential as a productive strategy to approach Histo...
| Publicado en: | Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 179 - 196 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=24818010&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 24818010 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14753839 01W jtl: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) issn: 14753839 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2007 vid: 84 iid: 2 pid: 39786 pub: Liverpool University Press / Journals artinfo: ui: 24818010 ppf: 179 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 146KB tig: atl: Re-discovering History in Lourdes Ortiz's Urraca. aug: au: Sánchez, Antonio affil: University of Stirling su: Literature & history Urraca (Book) Ortiz, Lourdes Fiction Spain sug: subj: Spain Literature & history Urraca (Book) Ortiz, Lourdes Fiction ab: This article discusses the ways in which Lourdes Ortiz's historical novel Urraca (1982) challenges conventional perceptions of medieval Iberian culture. It highlights Francoist Spanish History's manipulation of the past and vindicates literature's potential as a productive strategy to approach History. The article stresses the novel's representation of this historical period in the development of Spanish cultural identity as essentially intercultural; something particularly relevant to contemporary Spain. It argues that the novel demonstrates the importance of establishing a dialogue with the past and the impossibility of ascertaining a truth in a final totalizing account of History, foregrounding current debates on the role of History and the need to recover certain aspects of Spain's historical past. Este artículo analiza las estrategias utilizadas por Lourdes Ortiz en su novela histórica Urraca (1982) a través de las que cuestiona la percepción convencional de la cultura medieval en la península Ibérica. Al mismo tiempo, Urraca explora la manipulación de la Historia de España llevada a cabo por el franquismo y reivindica el potencial de la literatura como una forma productiva de aproximarse al pasado. El artículo enfatiza la importancia dentro del contexto actual de representar ese periodo histórico en la construcción de la identidad cultural española como esencialmente intercultural; y defi ende que Urraca ilustra la importancia de establecer un diálogo con el pasado y la imposibilidad de imponer una verdad única y totalizante de la Historia. El artículo muestra también la importancia de los debates actuales sobre el papel de la Historia y la necesidad de recuperar ciertos aspectos del pasado histórico de España. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) is published by Liverpool University Press, and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without Liverpool University Press's express written copyright permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) holder: Liverpool University Press / Journals dt: @attributes: year: 2007 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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