Las construcciones verbales de Tánger: tres ejemplos de la narrativa española

This article explores the narrative constructions of three of the most representative novels of twentieth-century Tangier: Se enciende y se apaga una luz (1962), Don Julián (1970) and El último verano en Tánger (2000). These novels show the disparity between the city as a 'locus agrestis' and 'locus amoenus'. Through the representation of the multicultural space the concepts of identity, poverty, social class, sexuality and espacialidad are being challenge and redefined. These three novels have in common the relationship between the colonial place and the interpretation of its personal historicity