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ADELINA GURREA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPANISH LITERATURE DURING FRANCO'S DICTATORSHIP

Publicated to:Kritika Kultura. 2021 (37): 364-391 - 2021-08-01 2021(37), DOI: 10.13185/KK2021.003717

Authors: Alvarez-Tardio, B

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Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This article focuses on the literary reception of Adelina Gurrea in Spain. The backdrop is the Spanish critical discourse on literature between 1943 and 1954. Gurrea's book Cuentos de Juana was published in Spain at the end of 1943. The following year, Carmen Laforet won the Nadal prize with her celebrated novel Nada. In 1951, Gurrea's book won the international prize awarded by the Union Latine in Paris. In 1954, Isabel Calvo included both writers in her Antologia biografica de escritoras espanolas (Anthology and Biography of Spanish Women Writers). Spanish literary critics praised Gurrea's work as a product of Spain, but highlighted her condition as a Philippine writer, wrapping their discourse on colonialism and Francoist national-Catholicism. I analyze the reviews published in Spain about Cuentos de Juana in order to understand how the Francoist discourse appropriated Gurrea's work, alongside her actively engaging in displaying her Filipino identity. For this purpose, I employ two approaches. Firstly, I use language analysis techniques from the corpus linguistics discipline, using Voyant Tools software (2012). Secondly, I propose a discussion on the Spanish literary criticism during the postwar period, by looking at the literary critics and how their ideological setting framed their position with regards to Adelina Gurrea's place in Spanish literature.

Keywords

Corpus linguisticsDigital humanitiesHispanic-philippine literatureNadal prize for literatureSpanish women writers

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Kritika Kultura due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Literature and Literary Theory. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-27:

  • Scopus: 7

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-27:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 373 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Álvarez Tardío, Beatriz) and Last Author (Álvarez Tardío, Beatriz).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Álvarez Tardío, Beatriz.