Wrestling with the motherland in Ramon Saizarbitoria’s Martutene
The main goal of this paper is to examine the literary representation of the motherland and the transmission of Basque nationalism. In order to do so, we will base our examination on the work of a Basque writer who has explored this theme in depth and in a critical way; specifically, on Ramon Saizar...
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| Formato: | capítulo de livro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad del País Vasco |
| Repositorio: | Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/70559 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/70559 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | motherland basque nationalism Saizarbitoria Martutene |
| Resumo: | The main goal of this paper is to examine the literary representation of the motherland and the transmission of Basque nationalism. In order to do so, we will base our examination on the work of a Basque writer who has explored this theme in depth and in a critical way; specifically, on Ramon Saizarbitoria’s novel Martutene (2012), because at the centre of this work is a reflection on the transmission of the nationalist legacy. To begin with, we will reflect on the role that the woman-mother has had as a traditional symbol in representing the homeland. That will give us a means of examining how the spaces that make the motherland connection in Saizarbitoria’s work are represented and problematized; specifically, in order to analyse the representation of the protagonist’s mother’s town. Thus, the dark and alien dimension of the spaces linked to ancestral home and family will also be revealed, among other reasons, because they appear as connected to terrorism. Together with those spaces, we will also explore the protagonists that are emphasized in the transmission of the nationalist legacy, especially women-mothers. The dispute between them, the intergenerational conflict, will call into question what should be preserved and what should be abandoned among future nationalist generations. |
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