El espíritu de la colmena : sobre monstruos y otras manifestaciones de la fuga y la supervivencia
Rodero, Jesús (2020) El espíritu de la colmena : sobre monstruos y otras manifestaciones de la fuga y la supervivencia. Revue Romane. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1600-0811 (https://doi.org/10.1075/rro.19016.rod)
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Abstract
All the main characters in The Spirit of the Beehive show some type of connection with marginality and survival. They are either at the margins of social convention or survivors of harrowing particular historical events (Spanish Civil War). This connection reveals itself in a conspicuous and distinct fashion through the monster figure. This article intends to highlight the centrality of the concept of monstrosity in the film as well as emphasize the socio-political significance of these manifestations of the monster. It is, therefore, a reading of the monster figure in Erice’s film as a political and social agent both in the specific context at the outset of Franco's dictatorship and in the more abstract context of the challenging of power structures.
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Item type: Article ID code: 70259 Dates: DateEvent3 June 2020Published3 June 2020Published Online7 October 2019AcceptedNotes: © John Benjamins Publishing Company. The publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use or reprint this material in any form. | Translated title: The Spirit of the Beehive : on monsters and other manifestations of escaping and survival Subjects: Language and Literature > French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Humanities > Spanish Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 24 Oct 2019 10:33 Last modified: 28 Aug 2024 00:50 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/70259