«Mysterious Kor» de Elizabeth Bowen: la representación del Blitz más allá de los paradigmas del mito

• Serraf, Lola ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Revista de filología románica, ISSN-e 1988-2815, ISSN 0212-999X, Nº Extra 33, 1, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Nº Especial: Reflejos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la literatura y en las artes / coord. por Alba Diz Villanueva, Rodrigo Guijarro Lasheras, Javier Rivero Grandoso), págs. 203-212
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/RFRM.55849
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  • español

    as some historians are deconstructing the «Myth of the Blitz», little credit is given to the capacity of wartime writers to see beyond the British government’s propaganda. angus Calder states that the literature of the time offers limited material for us to understand what individual experience was really like during the bombings, since only a few authors work outside the Myth’s paradigm. This analysis suggests a much more sceptical view of Britain at war in Elizabeth Bowen’s short story «Mysterious Kôr» (1942). I highlight how the representation of a Gothic metropolis and the hallucinatory visions of frightened Londoners reject the traditional values of Blitz culture.

  • English

    Mientras algunos historiadores están deconstruyendo el «Mito del Blitz», se le da poco crédito a la capacidad de los escritores de la segunda guerra mundial de ver más allá de la propaganda del gobierno británico. angus Calder sugiere que la literatura de la segunda guerra mundial ofrece poco material para entender cómo fue realmente la experiencia individual durante los bombardeos, ya que pocos autores trabajan fuera del paradigma del «Mito». Este análisis sugiere una visión mucho más escéptica de Gran Bretaña en guerra en el relato corto «Mysterious Kôr», publicado en 1942 por Elizabeth Bowen. Destaco cómo la representación de una metrópolis gótica y las visiones alucinatorias de londinenses aterrorizados rechazan los valores tradiciones de la cultura del Blitz.

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