Open AccessPere Gimferrer in Catalan: from Personal to Political Commitment
Author(s) -
Eloi Grasset
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rassegna iberistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2037-6588
pISSN - 0392-4777
DOI - 10.30687/ri/2037-6588/2018/110/010
Subject(s) - catalan , dictatorship , politics , democracy , transition (genetics) , humanities , sociology , political science , history , art , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
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.