THE SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE AS THE AXIS OF THE POLITICAL PROJECT OF THE EU. AN ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE OR LIFE BY JORGE SEMPRÚN

• Main Author: García Díaz, Ana
• Format: Article
• Language: Catalan
• Published: Asociación Cultural 452ºF; Universitat de Barcelona 2011-07-01
• Series: 452ºF
• Subjects: Jorge Semprún; Literature or Life; Collective memory; European identity; Resistance; Affective community
• Online Access: http://www.452f.com/pdf/numero05/garcia/05_452f_garcia_indiv.pdf

This piece of work analyses the process of memory construction in the work of Jorge Semprún, focusing in his novel Literature or Life. In this article, we explore the connection between the building of a collective identity that could be used as the basis of an Europeanspirituality represented in the political project of the European Union. Our article tries to disclose the literary strategies that Semprún uses to establish this identification while proposes a criticalanalysis of its political implications.