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Resum: The present paper analyses the production of novéis, short stories and tales of the so-called social or historical realism. After surveying the latest analytical views of its twin Spanish movement, this paper comes to a definition of the so often debated objectivism, aware of the difficulties involved, and proposes a model of story-telling the neo-realistic and of the social realism. Then it studies the authors and works separately in each category. Finally it concludes with an assessment, defends the suitability of a distinction of two trends: neo-realism and the social realism; and points to peculiarities with regard the Spanish counterparts.  Paraules clau: realisme social; relat breu; objectivisme; neorealisme

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Resum: Travel books have outstanding protagonism in the Spanish literature of the 1950s and 60s because of their aptness for the prevailing objective that “reality must be told”. The influence of C. J. Cela’ s model and the special conception of the genre in Flistorical Realism constitute the two main axes on which the production develops. José M. Espinás’ first two books, «Viatge al Pirineu de Lleida» («Journey to the Pyrenees of Lleida», 1957) i «Viatge al Priorat» («Journey to the Priorat», 1962), are placed within this reference frame: the former is in the line opened up by Cela with his «Viaje a la Alcarria» («Journey to the Alcarria»), and the latter is closer to the interest for social and economic realism as defended by Social Realism, although without its charactersitc critical intentionality.Paraules clau: llibres de viatges; literatura anys cinquanta i seixanta; Camilo José Cela; Josep M. Espinàs; realisme social