Una secuela de la transición: la Generación X en <em>Historias del Kronen</em> de José Ángel Mañas

Abstract

Without a doubt the Spanish transition to democracy brought enormous changes in political and material matters, nevertheless should we assume that all the consequences, especially those related to social issues, were really favorable? Among the members of the young generation, which had not had the possibility to experience Francoism personally, experts in sociology have noted the appearance of problems such as the incapacity to adjust to the new reality, the weakening of family and interpersonal relationships, the moral and ethical abyss and, as a consequence of the latter, yearning for immediate gratifications and compensations. In this context I would like to investigate how and by what means the novel by José Ángel Mañas is emblematic of the new social configuration and to what extent can we consider it representative of the changes in values, modals and general the Weltanschaung of the young Spaniards. In order to accomplish this goal, I decided to recur to the theories on the mentioned Generation X, initiated in the 60s and popularized due to the publication of a novel written by the Canadian writer, Douglas Coupland, entitled Generation X:Tales for an accelerated culture.