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Title La magia postergada: género fantástico e identidad nacional en la España del XIX
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Author Payán Martín, Juan Jesús
Publication Date 2015
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La magia postergada:
género fantástico e identidad nacional
en la España del XIX
A dissertation submitted in total satisfaction of the
requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy
in Hispanic Languages and Literatures
by
Juan Jesús Payán Martín
2015 © Copyright by
Juan Jesús Payán Martín
2015 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION
La magia postergada:
género fantástico e identidad nacional
en la España del XIX
by
Juan Jesús Payán Martín
Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Languages and Literatures
University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
Professor Jesús Torrecilla, Chair
Critics have systematically overlooked contributions to the realms of fantasy and imagination by Spanish artists and writers. When studying the fantastic, even the most attentive studies have been biased by predetermined expectations. While theoreticians such as Tzvetan
Todorov apply a universal definition of the genre to all western literary traditions, disregarding the variety among national settings and eliding the complexity of historical contexts, prominent critics such as David Roas or Baquero Goyanes have approached the Spanish fantastic as a mere reflection of foreign models. This perspective limits the Peninsular fantastic to a position of invisibility or dependence. Contrarily, I propose to return to the complexity and diversity of historical interpretations and to contextualize the existence of alternative practices of the genre,