Falkland, the promised islands. Approaches to literature of the war

Authors

  • Luz C. Souto Universitat de València

Abstract

Firstly, this article proposes an approach to the national construction of the story of the Falkland Islands. Secondly, it also analyzes the literature which deals with the Falklands war from three narrative periods: 1982-1989, 1990-2001 and 2002-2017. Periodization responds to different generations but also to the social processes that have accompanied the political and cultural transformation in Argentina. Finally, this article analyzes the most representative works of each period, in order to identify the main genres, plots and narrative conflicts that have emerged up to this moment.

Keywords:

Falkland Islands, war, Argentinian literature, historical memory, national narrative