La pervivencia de los mitosla Guerra de la Independencia en el cine
ISSN: 1579-3826
Argitalpen urtea: 2010
Zenbakien izenburua: La Guerra de la Independencia. Una aportación al bicentenario
Zenbakia: 9
Orrialdeak: 191-213
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Cuadernos de Historia Moderna. Anejos
Laburpena
Since the beginning of the 20th Century, film production joined arts and literature in order to keep alive the myth of the 'Spanish War of Independence', as it is called in Spain the Peninsular War. The heroic struggle of the people against a powerful empire is the main topic of more than fifty movies. These films also reflect the political situation and the prevailing mentality of the time of its production, providing a reference to the society that stares at them. In those movies the main characters, who achieved the heroic deed, are highly enhanced: the people of Madrid, Agustina de Aragón and the guerrilla. Besides, cinema also explored the... (Leer más) painter Francisco Goya, an universal character. His works denounced the human nature extremes and the horrors of war. Thus, Goya is presented as a collective referent to explain the restlessness and duality of such a critical period.