Year: 2019
Author: Schreckenberg, Stefan
Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch, Vol. 60 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 255–276
Abstract
Speaking of a ›Golden Age‹ or a Siglo de Oro in reference to Spanish history, culture and literature transforms an ancient myth into a historiographical concept, which seems rather problematical, even contradictory, and at the same time, seen in a wider European context, exceptional. Nevertheless, the Siglo de Oro is still being used not only as a key term in contemporary academic works – inside and outside Spain – on the Early Modern period, but also as a highly controversial idea in political and ideological debates, especially on behalf of what may or may not be Spanish identity.
This article seeks to give a brief overview of the discussions that try to define the concept of the Siglo de Oro and to present the literary canon as well as the ideological implications linked to it. Starting in the aftermath of the epoch itself, in other words the 18th century, it focuses on the convergence of the political and aesthetical discussions that oppose the ›Two Spains‹ during the 20th century in terms of how to choose and interpret their ›classics‹. Finally, it tries to give a (necessarily incomplete) view on the actual situation, where the Golden Age myth still interferes not only in literary but also in socio-political debates.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/ljb.60.1.255
Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch, Vol. 60 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 255–276
Published online: 2019-11
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 22
Author Details
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Schreckenberg: Das ›Goldene Zeitalter‹ im modernen Spanien. Zur Wirkmächtigkeit und Problematik eines kulturellen und literarischen Kanons | 1 | ||
| Abstract | 1 | ||
| I. Einleitung | 1 | ||
| II. Sonderfall Spanien: Ein antiker Mythos zur Bezeichnung einer identitätsstiftenden Epoche | 3 | ||
| III. Die Idee vom Goldenen Zeitalter im 18. Jahrhundertund in der Romantik | 6 | ||
| IV. Das Siglo de Oro als Gegenstand politischer Debatten in der Moderne | 9 | ||
| 1. Von der ästhetischen zur politischen Wertung | 9 | ||
| 2. Das Verhältnis des liberalen Spanien zum Siglo de Oro | 1 | ||
| 3. Das Goldene Zeitalter im Dienst der franquistischen Ideologie | 1 | ||
| 4. Vom ›Goldenen Zeitalter‹ zum ›Zeitalter der Zerrissenheit‹ | 1 | ||
| V. Abschließende Überlegungen zur Situation im gegenwärtigen Spanien | 1 |