The research group "Estudios de literatura española contemporánea", HUM330, works on the history and criticism of Spanish literature with a special focus on the Andalusian literary heritage, narrative and poetry studies, the recovery of epistolary and oral tradition texts, the sociology of current literature and the relations between writing and memory. The group is consolidated and has been growing. At present it is made up of thirteen researchers, twelve of whom are doctors. The academic publications and the theses directed indicate the consolidation of these lines of work.
1. Spanish Literature in the Post-War Period
2. Literature in the Present Day
3. Andalusian Literary Heritage: 1) The literature of modern oral tradition in Andalusia 2) The letters in Andalusia 3) Andalusian writers 4) The myth of the south
4. Literature and women
5. Literary magazines
6. Spanish literature and other arts
7. Literary relations between Spain and America: 1) The exile 2) The multicultural dialogue
8. Epistolaries
9. Literature and memory
10. Trauma writing
Literary Studies from the Theory, Criticism and History of Literature
Reconstruction of the history of literature
Critical edition of literary texts
Recovery, analysis and edition of epistolary
Collection, analysis and edition of the Andalusian oral tradition literature
Analysis of cultural manifestations and processes
Analysis of the relations between society, ideology, aesthetics, ethics, culture, art and literature
Studies related to memory and trauma
Analysis of the links between the different arts
Literary creation
Digital Humanities