초록 열기/닫기 버튼
This paper will examine the dichotomous identity of the Spanish Civil War by the interpretation of propaganda posters, based on ideological discourses. During the war, the Nationalist side and the Republican side produced their own propaganda to create images of the war based on their ideological positions. For this purpose, Nationalists depicted themselves on posters as ‘Crusaders’ who were against the ‘atheist communists’ and establishers of the ‘Christian Spanish empire’ under Francisco Franco. In contrast to their enemy, the republican side represented themselves on posters as the‘anti-fascist people’ who were the heroes and defenders of humanism and the democratic republic. In this context, the Spanish Civil War was a conflict of identity. However, the identity of both did not end after the war. Then, images of the Spanish Civil War were reproduced through mass media and commemorations. Controversies on interpretation of the Spanish Civil War repeated the language of propaganda what was produced by both sides from the 1930s war until now. The analysis of images of propaganda posters from the Spanish Civil War is not only for the understanding of messages of propaganda in wartime; it also provides understanding of the power of identification by propaganda as it affects our understanding of history.
키워드열기/닫기 버튼
the Spanish Civil War, war of propaganda, propaganda posters, discourses and images of the war, identification
