Abstract

SEYDEL, Ute. Remember from the Affections: Republican exile and Anti-Franco Resistance in “Wiederbegegnung” by Anna Seghers. Acta poét [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.2, pp.59-85.  Epub Aug 29, 2022. ISSN 2448-735X.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ap.2022.2.178x270s4.

The analysis establishes a relation between Anna Seghers’s story “Wiederbegegnung” and her aesthetic reflection on a literature written beyond the guidelines for the method of socialist realism. It is highlighted how the experiences of exile made by the couple Seghers-Radványi and the writer’s memory images regarding experiences emotionally strong undergone during the exile in France and Mexico served as point of departure for the creation of the fictional story about the Spanish republicans Celia and Alfonso Varela.

Keywords : Socialist Realism; Aesthetic Debates; Exile; Experiential Memory; Emotions.