“Peace for our Time”:  a Uchronian Approach to British Fascism in Jo Walton’s "Farthing"

Juan F. ELICES AGUDO

doi:10.30827/impossibilia.252023.27127

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Juan F. ELICES AGUDO Universidad de Alcalá https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-010X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/impossibilia.252023.27127

Palabras clave:

Uchronia, counterfactuals, fascism, antisemitism, peace, Ucronía, contrafácticos, fascismo, antisemitismo, paz

Resumen

Este artículo parte de un marco ucrónico para analizar Farthing (2006) de Jo Walton, una obra que se centra en una Gran Bretaña alohistórica en los años posteriores a la firma de un tratado de paz con la Alemania nazi. Este estudio tratará de fusionar el discurso histórico de un periodo que es testigo del surgimiento del fascismo en el país con la propuesta ucrónica que plantea la novela y que trae como consecuencia el nombramiento de un militante fascista como primer ministro y el estallido de una violenta corriente antisemita. El análisis de esta novela parte de las teorías de críticos e historiadores como Amy Ramson, Karen Hellekson, Richard Thurlow o Nigel Copsey, entre otros, cuyos trabajos contribuyen a trazar interesantes paralelismos entre la historia que conocemos y el mundo contrafáctico que recrea Walton

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