Pere Gimferrer in Catalan: from Personal to Political Commitment

Eloi Grasset - University of California, Santa Barbara, - email

Abstract

This article sheds some light on the language change – from Spanish to Catalan – that took place in Pere Gimferrer’s work, one of the most acclaimed living poets in Spain. Specifically, the paper tries to analyse the political consequences of writing in Catalan during the Spanish transition form Franco’s dictatorship to democracy.

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Submitted: Sept. 13, 2018 | Published Dec. 11, 2018 | Language: ca

Keywords Catalan poetry • Catalan literature • Pere Gimferrer

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1584
dc.title	Pere Gimferrer in Catalan: from Personal to Political Commitment
dc.contributor.author	Grasset Eloi
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
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dc.description.abstract	This article sheds some light on the language change – from Spanish to Catalan – that took place in Pere Gimferrer’s work, one of the most acclaimed living poets in Spain. Specifically, the paper tries to analyse the political consequences of writing in Catalan during the Spanish transition form Franco’s dictatorship to democracy.
dc.relation.ispartof	Rassegna iberistica
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 41 \| Issue 110 \| December 2018
dc.issued	2018-12-11
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-09-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2037-6588
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2018/11/010
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Catalan literature
dc.subject	Catalan literature
dc.subject	Catalan poetry
dc.subject	Catalan poetry
dc.subject	Pere Gimferrer
dc.subject	Pere Gimferrer
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