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Why Write about Dictatorships?

Testimonio.Guilt.Exile: Reconstruction of Identity.Themes:

Revision of history.

Retribution / revenge.Social responsibility.Effects of dictatorships.

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WritersAriel Dorfman (Chile).

Chilean military coup (1973)Augusto Pinochet s dictatorship (1973-1989).Exile to the US.

Isabel Allende (Chile).Niece of Chilean President Salvador Allende.Exile to Venezuela.

Move to the US (sentimental reasons).Alicia Kozameh (Argentina).Military coup (1976)Jorge Videla s dictatorship (1976-1986)Exile to Mexico, the US.

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Representation.Ariel Dorfman s Heading South, LookingNorth. A Bilingual Journey (1996).Ariel Dorfman s Death and the Maiden.Isabel Allende s The House of the Spirits(1982) and Of Love and Shadows (1984).Alicia Kozameh s Steps Under Water(1984).

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The Recovery of Historical Memory inSpain.

Social and cultural movement.Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (2000).Cultural movement:

Body of literary work.

Film tradition.Research by foreign and nationalacademics.

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Novels for the Recovery of HistoricalMemory.

Josefina Aldecoa.Historia de una maestra (1990)

Mujeres de negro (1994)La fuerza del destino (1997)Rosa Regas.

Luna Lunera (1999)Angeles Caso.

Un largo silencio (2000)Javier Cercas.

Soldados de Salamina (2001)Dulce Chacón.

Cielos de barro (2000)La voz dormida (2002)

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CinemaTradition of films about the recent past.

Change in perspective: from personaltrauma to collective memory.Recovery of the experience of thevanquished.Recovery of women s experience andparticipation.

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FilmsDemonios en El Jardín (Manuel GutiérrezAragón, 1982).

Ay, Carmela! (Carlos Saura, 1990).Libertarias (Vicente Aranda, 1996).Los años bárbaros (Fernando Colomo, 1998).La lengua de las mariposas (José LuisCuerda, 1999).Silencio roto (Montxo Armendáriz, 2001).Soldados de Salamina (David Trueba, 2003).

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Recommended Readings and Films.Public Folders:

Digging up Spain s Past.Spain: Dictatorship to Democracy. (946.082/CAR) Th e Legacyof Dictators hip: Political, Economic and Social Chang e in Pinoch et's Chil e. (320.983)Th e Legacy of Human-rights Violations in th e South ern Con e: Arg entina, Chil e , and Uruguay . (323.49098/RON)A Lexicon of T error: A rg entina and th e Legaci es of Tortur e.(982.06/FEI)Films:

Death and th e Ma id en .A y, Car mela ! B utt erf ly s Tongu e.