THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-39)

Republicans v/s Nationalists

Dictatorship v/s republican
Fascism v/s communism
 THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

NATIONALISTS REPUBLICANS
• Right wing ideology • Left wing ideology
• Supported by military and clergy • Supporters of Front government
• Consisted of falangists, • Consisted of Socialists,
monarchists, conservatives and communists, separatists and
traditionalists anarchists
 CONSEQUENCES and AFTERMYTHS
 Military junta led by general Francisco Franco
 Class struggle death of Spaniards
 Dress rehearsal for WW2- Claude Brown (U.S. ambassador to Spain)
 Spain became a fascist country under dictatorship of Francisco franco till
his death in 1975
 Censorship major pressure
 SPANISH CIVIL WAR
AND LITERATURE
 20th century a century of great change in Spain
 Novels became most popular genre ,social themes specially related to life
in Spain became popular
 Three important generation of writers
Generation of 98, Generation of 14 and Generation of 27
 Spain’s contribution to arts in form to two essential literary movements –
Cubism and Surrealism
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