Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 41 | 109 | 2018
Research Article | An Approach to Catalan Women's Memorials

An Approach to Catalan Women's Memorials

Abstract

Autobiographical literature in recent years has attracted increasing interest, thanks to the symbiosis between literature and reality that gives shape to it. The aim of this article is to approach new developments in Catalan women autobiographical literature, covering from the first instances, the epistles by Estefania de Requesens, from the sixteenth century, until Maria-Mercè Marçal’s posthumous diary, of 2014. Disease and proximity of death are devices used by writers to start autobiographical projects. Childhood, old age or memory recovery are other reasons why female authors venture in a previously patriarchal domain.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 24, 2017 | Accepted: June 14, 2017 | Published June 11, 2018 | Language: ca

Keywords Catalan literature • Gender • Literature of the ‘I’ • Genre • Autobiography

Copyright © 2018 Mia Güell. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2018/10/007


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