The show of TV excess in contemporary Spanish literature.

Javier Calvo's "Arco Iris de levedad" (2001)

Abstract

This article explores how Spanish contemporary literature integrates television as referent through the analysis of Javier Calvo´'s “Arco iris de levedad”. The study of formal and thematic links between this short story and TV facilitates the analysis of intermediality. Calvo´'s “Arco iris de levedad” is especially relevant for it focuses on reality shows, a television genre based on morbid curiosity and sensationalism which is traditionally detached from literature.