Desastres do pós-guerra civil espanhola: uma leitura de \'Tiempo de Silencio\', de Luis Martín-Santos e \'Nada\', de Carmen Laforet

TLDR: In this article, the authors analyzed the novels Nothing (1945), written by Carmen Laforet, and Time of Silence (1962), by Luis Martín-Santos, in order to examine both works construction singularity; that is to say, the appropriation of the engravings series of Goya's The Caprices and The disasters of the war.

Abstract: The proposed study aims at analyzing the novels Nothing (1945), written by Carmen Laforet, and Time of Silence (1962), by Luis Martín-Santos, in order to examine both works construction singularity; that is to say, the appropriation of the engravings series of Goya’s The Caprices and The disasters of the war . In Nada, we deal with the integration from the monstrous aspect to the noveli stic space, the suppression of the frontier between the oneiric and the real worlds, t he fragmented representation and the dilution of the limits between the subject matter n a rated and the time of narration. In Time of Silence , we analyze the procedures of space reduction, the use of field work, of animalization and expansive images characterized by the representation appropriation, procedures and themes provided by the Goyan univers e. Taking the analysis of these elements into consideration, we observe that the au thors, through the pictures incorporation within the composition of these two n ovels, create an amplified dimension of the horror of war, and at the same time, they su ggest an interpretation of contemporary history as a continuity movement of th e “Spanish disaster” since 19 th Century up to the Spanish civil post-war. Key-words: Nothing; Carmen Laforet; Time of Silence ; Luis Martín-Santos; Goya and the Spanish civil post-war novel.