Contra Franco vivíamos mejor? Literature and Culture of the Spanish Dictatorship (1939-1975)

The end of the Spanish Civil War inaugurated one of the longest dictatorships of the twentieth century. This course will examine the literature and popular culture produced in the peninsula during that period--both the "official" culture allowed and sponsored by the Franco regime, and the voices of resistance that attempted to present alternative political views against a background of repression and censorship.