Sunday, September 29, 2013

Timeline – 20th and 21st century Spain


1870: genre of the novel really takes off in Spain

1898: crisis with loss of last colony (Cuba) in war with U.S.

1900-1930’s: second Renaissance in Spanish culture, a “Silver Age”

1923-1930: Spain ruled as a military dictatorship by General Primo de Rivera

1926-1934: vanguard novel in Spain

1931: Second Republic of Spain proclaimed

1936-1939: Spanish Civil War

1939-1975: End of Spanish Civil War, Franco’s rule

1975: Franco’s death, initiation of a period of transition

1982: Triumph of social democracy in Spain

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