Recovery of parliamentary chronicle during the Spanish Democratic Transition: the chronicles of Victor Marquez Reviriego

Abstract

Published in the magazine Triunfo between 1977 and 1981, the ‘Apuntes parlamentarios’ of Víctor Márquez Reviriego were a testimony of particular importance for the development of democratic Cortes recently premiered in Spain. After forty years of dictatorship, this journalist, along with other colleagues, resumed parliamentary chronicle a journalistic mode remained forgotten in libraries, despite having enjoyed considerable prestige in the Spanish press since the nineteenth century. Authors like Andrés Borrego, Azorín, Wenceslao Fernández Flórez or Josep Pla had highlighted earlier in this piece of journalism, combining the accuracy of information and literary creativity. This article describes the contribution of Victor Marquez Reviriego the revival of parliamentary chronicle, while analyzing the main stylistic features of his work.