Escribir la catalanidad : Lengua e identidades culturales en la narrativa contemporánea de Cataluña

This study explores the interaction of language, culture and identity in contemporary Catalonia and rejects the exclusion of Castilian as a language capable of expressing 'Catalan-ness'. 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' ischallenged and the author proposes redefining traditional understandings of Catalan literature to take into account texts produced by all members of Catalan society. Stewart King is a lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Monash University, Australia.

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. Stewart King is a lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Monash University, Australia.

ÍNDICE GENERAL Agradecimientos Advertencia sobre el uso de las lenguas Introducción Capítulo 1. Construir la identidad: de la Renaixença en adelante Capítulo 2. El ‘greu problema d’identitat’: escribir en castellano en Cataluña Capítulo 3. Traducir la catalanidad Capítulo 4. ‘El tema delicat’: inmigración y literatura Capítulo 5. La desmitificación cultural: los casos de Juan Marsé y Montserrat Roig Capítulo 6. ‘Entre el deseo y la realidad’: identidad y narrativas históricas Capítulo 7. Hacia una redefinición de la literatura y la identidad catalanas Bibliografía Índice Construir la identidad: de la Renaixença en adelante El 'greu problema d'identitat': escribir en castellano en Cataluña Traducir la catalanidad 'El tema delicat' : inmigración y literatura La desmitificación cultural : los casos de Juan Marsé y Montserrat Roig 'Entre el deseo y la realidad' : identidad y narrativas históricas Hacia una redefinición de la literatura e identidad catalanas.