1st Edition
Language, the Novelist and National Identity in Post-Franco Catalonia
By Kathryn Crameri
Copyright 2000
220 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
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Routledge
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Kathryn Crameri reveals some of the complex responses of writers and literary critics to the new possibilities for the expression of Catalan identities which resulted from Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. The study begins by considering the cultural and political context of the Catalan novel from the 'Renaixenca' to the present day, and then offers a detailed analysis of novels... Read more
Introduction; 1: Catalanisme Literari; 2: Catalonia during the Transition; 3: The Politicization of Literary Issues 1970—1990; 4: Manuel de Pedrolo: Tales of the Mother Country; 5: Biel Mesquida: The Act of Expression as a Force for Decolonization; 6: Montserrat Roig and Juan Marsé: Storytelling and the Collective Memory; 7: Epilogue: El amante bilingüe; Conclusion
Biography
Kathryn Crameri
