La Memoria Historica En Cinco Horas Con Mario (1966) De Miguel Delibes Y Si Te Dicen Que Cai (1973) De Juan Marse

Resumen del Libro

How can our generation truly understand what the Spanish society experienced during and after the Spanish Civil War? And most importantly, why should we care? The importance of understanding the experiences of the past is for one to learn from them so that history is not repeated but re-written. In order to learn and understand what one has never experienced, past generations leave behind their own memories, thoughts and adventures in the form of a novel, book or journal. Literature, for centuries, has helped present-day generations have a gimps of the past without physically being present because words have the power to transport an individual to a different era and location. Within my pages, you will find a journey paved by Juan Marsé and Miguel Delibes into the post-Civil War. I will analyze, how Cinco horas con Mario by Miguel Delibes and Sí te dicen que caí by Juan Marsé form a image of what was lived after the war. Cinco horas con Mario is a novel that pertains to the movement La Generación del 36 which was one of the first movements develop after the war. Cinco horas con Mario illustrates the frustration of the traditional believes and modern believes with protagonists such as Mario and Carmen, who never seem to find a medium ground. The entire novel gives the reader a deeper understanding of why those who have traditional believes hold on to their ideologies while expecting change from the modern thinkers. At the end, both novels illustrate a mix of ideas that explain so much conflict and that are lived through every character. Together, the novels describe the cruel reality of living in Spain after the civil war.