The purpose of this dissertation is to study the ten novels that won the Nadal Prize, one of the most renowned literary prizes in Spain, from 1970 to 1979. The winners in chronological order are: Libro de las memorias de las cosas by Jesus Fernandez Santos, El cuajaron by Jose Mar(')ia Requena, Groovy by Jose Mar(')ia Carrascal, El rito by Jose Antonio Garc(')ia Blazquez, Culminacion de Montoya by Luis Gasulla, Las ninfas by Francisco Umbral, Lectura insolita de 'El Capital' by Raul Guerra Garrido, Conversacion sobre la guerra by Jose Asenjo Sedano, Narciso by German Sanchez Espeso and El ingenioso hidalgo y poeta Federico Garc(')ia Lorca asciende a los infiernos by Carlos Rojas. / These literary works are generally representative of the political, social and literary changes of the seventies in Spain. That decade was a period of democratic transition in Spain after almost forty years of dictatorship / The novels have been classified according to their main theme. Chapter I provides a historical and literary background of the Nadal Prize, from its institution in 1944 to the present. Chapter II includes the novels of social criticism. Chapter III is dedicated to the experimental novels and Chapter IV to the intellectual novel. / This study concludes that the works studied reflect the literary innovations of their decade in their structure, theme and language. The authors are concerned with man's problems in modern society: alienation and loneliness. The writers combine realism and experimentalism in the works. They want to reflect the total spectrum of reality in human existence, which is seen as a duality of mystery and reason, imagination and history. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2870. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75388 |
| Contributors | LEZCANO, MARGARITA MARIA., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | Spanish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 217 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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