Un análisis comparativo del uso de la jerga en tres novelas españolas: ‘La Colmena’, de Camilio José Cela, ’Amor, Curiosidad, Prozac, y Dudas’, de Lucía Etxebarría, e ’Historias de Kronen’, de José Ángel Mañas.

Summary, in English

This dissertation will analyse three books. They are, in chronological order, La Colmena, by Camilio José Cela (1951), Historias de Kronen, by José Ángel Mañas (1994), and Amor, curiosidad, prozac, y dudas, by Lucía Etxebarría (1997). Etxebarría's book will be discussed before Mañas', since there are so many parallels between Amor... and La Colmena. Even though more than 40 years have passed since the publication of the first novel and the last two, they resemble each other to varying degrees. This will be evidenced in the course of this research project. A mainly linguistic analysis of the three books will be carried out, focusing on the vocabulary in each. More specifically, the language of certain characters will be analysed, and words will be identified for their social, or “slang” value. In the analysis of these more striking words, several dictionaries will be consulted relating to slang and erotic words (mainly RAE as an authority that accepts/includes or rejects words or expressions). Finally, it is interesting to ask whether the characters, all with a particular jargon or way of speaking, are a product of their socio-political environment? This will be glimpsed throughout the thesis – without it having to be explained in great detail.

• Author: Jytte Holmqvist
• Department/s: Spanish Studies
• Publishing year: 2002
• Language: Spanish
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• Document type: Student publication for Master's degree (one year)
• Topic: Languages and Literatures
• Keywords: slang; jargon; Camilio José Cela; José Lucía Etxebarría; José Ángel Mañas; La Colmena; Historias de Kronen; Amor curiosidad prozac y dudas; RAE; Real Academia Española
• Supervisor: Inger Enkvist (professor)