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題名 Reflections on Ambiguity, Historical Memory and the Discourse of the Hero in Soldados de Salamina
作者 楊瓊瑩
Yang, Chung-Ying
貢獻者 歐洲語文學系
關鍵詞 Ambiguity ; Historical Memory ; Hero ; Soldados de Salamina ; Javier Cercas
日期 2020-01
上傳時間 11-Jun-2021 09:50:55 (UTC+8)
摘要 Soldados de Salamina, an important novel by Javier Cercas, has been highly acclaimed by international critics and translated into more than thirty languages. It is the conflict between reality and fiction which causes the narrative climax, in particular by the mysterious episode of the frustrated execution of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, ideologist and founder of the Spanish Fascist Falange Party. It turns out that Sánchez Mazas is not the real hero of the story; rather, “a soldier of Salamina”, an anonymous and unknown character like Antonio Miralles, is able to create a history in his attempt to rescue the collective groups and becomes an authentic hero. The present study aims to analyze how Cercas demonstrates the phenomenon of ambiguity as consequence of the blurring of reality and fiction in Soldados de Salamina. Drawing from the concept of collective memory by Maurice Halbwachs and the theory of les lieux de mémoire by Pierre Nora, we will study how Cercas intends to rewrite official versions of historical truth, explore and rescue some repressed historical memories of the past. We will examine the heroic archetypes defined by Carol S. Pearson in order to construct or deconstruct heroes’ multiple personalities in the novel.
關聯 The Korean Journal of Hispanic Studies, Vol.13, No.2, pp.201-233
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.18217/kjhs.13.2.202011.201
dc.contributor 歐洲語文學系
dc.creator (作者) 楊瓊瑩
dc.creator (作者) Yang, Chung-Ying
dc.date (日期) 2020-01
dc.date.accessioned 11-Jun-2021 09:50:55 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 11-Jun-2021 09:50:55 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 11-Jun-2021 09:50:55 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/135756-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Soldados de Salamina, an important novel by Javier Cercas, has been highly acclaimed by international critics and translated into more than thirty languages. It is the conflict between reality and fiction which causes the narrative climax, in particular by the mysterious episode of the frustrated execution of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, ideologist and founder of the Spanish Fascist Falange Party. It turns out that Sánchez Mazas is not the real hero of the story; rather, “a soldier of Salamina”, an anonymous and unknown character like Antonio Miralles, is able to create a history in his attempt to rescue the collective groups and becomes an authentic hero. The present study aims to analyze how Cercas demonstrates the phenomenon of ambiguity as consequence of the blurring of reality and fiction in Soldados de Salamina. Drawing from the concept of collective memory by Maurice Halbwachs and the theory of les lieux de mémoire by Pierre Nora, we will study how Cercas intends to rewrite official versions of historical truth, explore and rescue some repressed historical memories of the past. We will examine the heroic archetypes defined by Carol S. Pearson in order to construct or deconstruct heroes’ multiple personalities in the novel.
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dc.relation (關聯) The Korean Journal of Hispanic Studies, Vol.13, No.2, pp.201-233
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Ambiguity ; Historical Memory ; Hero ; Soldados de Salamina ; Javier Cercas
dc.title (題名) Reflections on Ambiguity, Historical Memory and the Discourse of the Hero in Soldados de Salamina
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.18217/kjhs.13.2.202011.201
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.18217/kjhs.13.2.202011.201