Phraseology provides many resources in the construction of narratives: marking the story progress, settling registers, etc. This paper deals mainly with examples taken from contemporary Catalan novel.
This study analyzes the testimonial novels on concentration camps «K. L. Reich»,
by J. Amat-Piniella, «Crist de 200,000 braços», by A. Bartra and «El desgavell» by F. Planes, and compares them with some of the best known novels on concentration camps by European Authors (Primo Levi, Jorge Semproen, Robert Antelme and Imre Kertész).
The main aim is to discover what the principal characteristics of such exceptional
novels are. I have looked into the relation between autobiographical literature and
novelistic fiction, the elaboration of a rather peculiar conception of time and space that makes up the true chronotope of the concentration camp, narrative options with regard to the narrator, etc. The final conclusion is that the testimonial novel describing life in a concentration camp is a model with very clear characteristics.
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This study analyzes the testimonial novels on concentration camps «K. L. Reich»,
by J. Amat-Piniella, «Crist de 200,000 braços», by A. Bartra and «El desgavell» by F. Planes, and compares them with some of the best known novels on concentration camps by European Authors (Primo [...]
En aquest article ens proposem situar, interpretar i valorar «Matèria de Bretanya» dins la producció autobiogràfica catalana més recent. Per tal de satisfer aquest objectiu abordarem, de bon principi, la problemàtica i sempre discutible qüestió del gènere
d’aquesta obra. Sense voluntat de perdre’ns entre teoritzacions estèrils però amb la intenció de posar de manifest la filiació de «Matèria de Bretanya» amb les formes de literatura del jo, mirarem de fer dialogar el relat de Sánchez-Cutillas amb algunes obres coetànies, especialment valencianes, que posaran en relleu l’existència d’una línia d’escriptura memorialística ben personal que arrenca amb «Matèria de Bretanya» i arriba fins a l’actualitat.
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En aquest article ens proposem situar, interpretar i valorar «Matèria de Bretanya» dins la producció autobiogràfica catalana més recent. Per tal de satisfer aquest objectiu abordarem, de bon principi, la problemàtica i sempre discutible qüestió del gènere
d’aquesta obra. [...]
Abstract: The article offers the first study of the complete narrative of Vicenç Riera Llorca — thirteen novels and two anthologies of stories — published between 1946 and 1991. It provides an analysis of the author’s historical, social, political and literary motivations and puts forward an explanation for the question of why he chose fiction and not journalism, which he had previously worked in. It also raises the issue of hisrole in the construction of the historical conscience of Catalan society based on his experiences between 1931 and 1945, with one single novel set in 1962. The article also takes into consideration Riera’s essays as literary critic for Pont Blau and Xaloc as well as his memoirs, one volume about his youth in Catalonia and another one on his exile; the letters he exchanged with critic Domènec Guansé, and the critical reception of his work up to the present day (Molas, Triadú, Ramió, Saladrigas [interview], Faulí). The article situates Riera’s work in its context and discusses its value in relationto the emerging Catalan novel since 1946. It also looks for the literary sources and the European and North American trends of thought that have had an impact on his work. It also contains representative examples that can be traced back by quotes preceded by the abbreviated titles of the novels.Key words: Riera Llorca, novel, historical conscience, exile, realism, human nature, narrative techniques.
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Abstract: The article offers the first study of the complete narrative of Vicenç Riera Llorca — thirteen novels and two anthologies of stories — published between 1946 and 1991. It provides an analysis of the author’s historical, social, political and literary motivations and [...]