La Narrativa Española de Posguerra

Abstract

With the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), a new era began in Spanish literature. New promotions undertook the hard and difficult task of rebuilding the cultural life of the country even if they had to face different kinds of obstacles. The new poetic or novel productions were, without a doubt, the work of another generation. However, the literature of the first post-war years cannot be reduced to the production of those who joined it after 1939, given the invaluable contribution of highly distinguished personalities belonging to previous generations. If during the first post-war years, poetry had reached a certain development, the novel, already little cultivated in the preceding stage, remained stagnant in Spain until approximately 1945, at which time, for a series of reasons, among which we could mention the establishment of several literary awards, it began to replace translations of foreign authors. The political, economic, social and ideological consequences, in addition to the difficulties imposed by censorship, will influence the literary work of the moment and will, undoubtedly, constrain the creation of the novel