El erotismo en la primera producción literaria de ana rossetti (1980-1991)

Abstract

This doctoral thesis studies the representation of eroticism in the work of Ana Rossetti (San Fernando, 1950). Specifically, it focuses on the corpus formed by Los devaneos de Erato (1980), Indicios vehementes (1985), Devocionario (1986), Plumas de España (1988), Yesterday (1988) and Alevosías (1991). This delimitation is imposed by the decision to study a very specific phenomenon: the rise of the erotic genre that took place after the end of the dictatorial regime. However, as Rossetti's production shows, the apogge of the erotic manifestations of the 1970s and 1980s was followed by a rapid decline. Mainly because this genre ceased to be novel, but also because after the consolidation of the democratic system, the new habits in sexual matters were normalised. Ultimately, this thesis analyses Ana Rosssetti's erotic production through the following thematic axes: the sentimental and sexual education received during National Catholic Spain, sexual liberation in the context of the "Movida madrileña" and the events that led to democratic disenchantment, among them, the emergence of HIV/AIDS.