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Escribir la catalanidad : lengua e identidades culturales en la
narrativa contemporánea de Cataluña
Stewart King
Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2005
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Book description
This study, charting the
construction of a Catalan identity from the nineteenth-century cultural
renaissance until the present day, explores the interaction of language,
culture and identity in contemporary Catalonia. Drawing on postcolonial and
multicultural literary theories, it argues that Castilian- and
Catalan-language narratives are expressions of the same culture. Through
detailed analyses of texts by Terenci Moix, Francisco Candel, Ignasi Riera,
Montserrat Roig, Juan Marsé, Ramon Pallicé, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán,
among others, the author demonstrates that such writers share similar
preoccupations and points of view and also engage in a complex literary and
cultural dialogue that cuts across the established linguistic divisions that
characterise cultural politics in Catalonia. The Catalan literary
establishment's exclusion of Castilian as a language capable of expressing
'Catalan-ness' is challenged and the author proposes redefining traditional
understandings of Catalan literature to take into account texts produced by
all members of Catalan society.
About the author
Dr. Stewart King is a Convenor and Senior Lecturer in Spanish and
Catalan Studies at Monash University.
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