Le dynamisme créateur de l’image de la femme dans le roman espagnol du siècle d’or et du XXe siècle

Women hold a significant place in Spanish novelistic production. Various representations of women emerge, depending on the author’s sensitivity. Two key periods drew our attention due to the dynamic role that the image of women plays in the Spanish novel: The Golden Age and the 20th century. This study seeks to demonstrate that the image of women in Spanish literature is an evolving one. During the Golden Age, women were seen primarily as supporting figures for men, thus victims of machismo and social inequality. Their presence often symbolized temptation, and they were portrayed as sexual objects. However, in the 20th-century novel, women are no longer depicted as “sweet demons,” but rather as individuals with dignity and honor, who strive to uphold both. In this light, the female figure is no longer confined to the domestic sphere; she becomes a model of admirable virtues and a true agent of development. Following a thematic approach, we propose in this work to analyze this creative dynamism of the image of women in the evolution of Spanish society.