Month: March 2021

Last week we discussed various angles of the concept of ‘transition,’ related to ‘La Transición,’ or period following the death of dictator Francisco Franco on November 20, 1975. With Pavlovic we gathered many different aspects of this period, and its relation to disenchantment as a cultural and historical phenomenon. We then discussed how it all… Continue reading 15-17 March. Transition and Disenchantment

This week we dwelled in the correspondences between the periods of Transition (la transición) and disenchantment (desengaño), with the (apparent) end of Spanish exceptionalism and the emergence of a new kind of violence, and what they meant for Spain in the 20th century.  We also learned about the roles these concepts played in the unfolding… Continue reading 22-24 March. Exceptionalism and Violence

This week we discussed the concept of Italian Neorealism in film, and how various correspondences of Realism, that key legacy of the 19th century in Spanish cultural history, and Neorealism (which Pavlovic names “Neorealisms” in plural) play in 20th-century Spanish film and history. Italian Neorealism influenced the filmic and cultural production of many nations /… Continue reading 1-3 March. Iconographies of Faith. Realism and Neorealism