Estudios subalternos postransicionales como propuesta de acercamiento comparativo a la narrativa polaca y española contemporánea

The paper aims to develop a comparative perspective that allows the reader to
explore the traces of authoritarian systems in contemporary Polish and Spanish culture.
The point of departure is the research of Polish scholars from the Post-Dependence Studies
Centre, who examine Polish culture with postcolonial tools adapted to the post-communist
context. From there, the article attempts to formulate a methodological framework – the socalled
post-transitional subaltern studies – applicable to post-Franco and post-communist
culture, particularly the presence of subaltern characters in contemporary cultural texts. In
accordance with the proposed methodology, the author analyses two novels, namely Visión
del ahogado (1977) by Juan José Millás and Czytadło (1992) by Tadeusz Konwicki, in which it
is possible to detect similar panoptic strategies concomitant with the recourse to violence.