ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on womens memory of the Spanish Civil War in three novels published in the early 2000s: ngeles Casos Un largo silencio, Dulce Chacns La voz dormida, and Jess Ferreros Las trece rosas. The chapter analyzes representations of womens experiences of war and repression, focusing on the discussions about gender identity and the gendered forms of repression. It will claim that these representations fit into a literary dialectic between the silencing of womens experiences and the breaking of this silence. The Spanish Republic, which gave decisive rights to women before and even after the outbreak of the war. Indeed, after the Spanish Civil War, women were forced to remain silent because, within the Francoist patriarchal society, women were given a particular role. The struggle for memory joins the struggle for gender equality, through commemorations, anniversaries, conferences and exhibitions. All these initiatives became more evident in the 2000s, during the general memory boom.
