Corín Tellado y la novela rosa

Publication year
2012
Journal
Ogigia: Revista electrónica de estudios hispánicos
Volume
12
Pages
33-44
Comment

Here's an English version of the abstract:

The novels of Corín Tellado marked the life of several generations of women, as well as of many men. She suffered the criticisms habitually levelled at commercially successful novels, especially the so-called novela rosa, or popular romance novel, because of its reputation as a minor genre aimed primarily at women. This paper aims to show that these judgments are often not literary but social. The paper will also examine Corín Tellado's novels, which greatly influenced the 'sentimental education' of women during the Franco regime, and we will analyze the models of woman that theses romances present.