Beyond Postmodern Panfictionality: Spanish Metamodern Fiction after 15-M

Paula Romero Polo

Abstract


This paper examines the relationship between the repoliticisation of Spanish fiction after 15-M and metamodernism. Metamodernism has been linked to post-truth and the rise of the far right. However, the emergence of this structure of feeling was caused by various crises that exposed late capitalism’s failure. The connection between metamodernism and Spanish fiction will be explored to show metamodernism’s potential for the critical examination of neoliberalism. This merger will also contribute to a broader understanding of the repoliticisation of Spanish fiction and its aesthetic strategies. Particularly, the invoking of reality and materiality will be examined as a metamodern feature that is often displayed by recent Spanish novels for political, emancipatory purposes.

Keywords


metamodernism; postmodernism; Spanish literature after 15-M; political literature

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lsmll.2025.49.3.9-19
Date of publication: 2025-10-16 13:12:19
Date of submission: 2025-03-26 18:37:46


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