Robert Miles
The shadow of Maeterlinck's La vie des abeilles and El espríitu de la colmena
Miles, Robert
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Abstract
No critic of El espríitu de la colmena (1973, Víctor Erice) has systematically analysed the - albeit brief - citation of the work of the Belgian prose writer and poet, Maurice Maeterlinck, although some insist that the allusion to the entire text is key. This essay seeks to explore the way in which the film subtly incorporates elements of this famous book on apiculture as a structural narrative base. Further, it also analyses the socio-historic implications of this citation/incorporation or problematic 'shadow', the dialectic and ambiguities of sacrifice and transcendence in the double context of the film's post-Civil War setting, and its construction and release in the 1970s during the Franco regime.
Citation
Miles, R. (2010). The shadow of Maeterlinck's La vie des abeilles and El espríitu de la colmena. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 87(8), 961-975. https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.2010.40
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 16, 2010 |
Publication Date | 2010-01 |
Journal | BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES |
Print ISSN | 1475-3839 |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 87 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 961-975 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.2010.40 |
Keywords | Linguistics and Language; Literature and Literary Theory; Language and Linguistics |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/396397 |
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