La construcción del discurso nacional español en la obra literaria de Modesto Lafuente

Abstract

This works examines how Modesto Lafuente, mostly known for being the author of the colossal 19th century Historia General de España constructs the concept of collective Spanish identity in his earlier literary and journalistic works. For instance, in the satirical journal Fray Gerundio (1837-1842), El Teatro social del siglo XIX (1846), and Viages de Fr. Gerundio por Francia, Bélgica, Holanda y orillas del Rhin. It analyzes the mechanisms he uses to generate the feeling of national belonging thru the creation of imaginaries and the destruction of foreign myths about the Spanish nation.

Keywords

• modesto lafuente
• spanish nationalism
• identity
• construction
• imaginary
• political satire