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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780570703321

Autore

Calin William

Titolo

Minority literatures and modernism : Scots, Breton, and Occitan, 1920-1990 / / William Calin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-281-99591-6

9786611995911

1-4426-7728-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

University of Toronto Romance Series

Disciplina

809/.9112

Soggetti

Modernism (Literature) - France

Modernism (Literature) - Scotland

Scots Gaelic literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Occitan literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Breton literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Brittany (France) In literature

Provence (France) In literature

Scotland In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- SCOTLAND -- INTRODUCTION -- POETRY -- Hugh MacDiarmid -- Robert Garioch -- Sydney Goodsir Smith -- Tom Scott -- NOVEL -- Lewis Grassic Gibbon -- THEATRE -- Robert McLellan -- Donald Campbell -- BRITTANY -- INTRODUCTION -- POETRY -- Roparz Hemon -- Maodez Glanndour -- Anjela Duval -- NOVEL -- Youenn Drezen -- Roparz Hemon -- Per Denez -- THEATRE -- Per Jakez Helias -- OCCITANIA -- INTRODUCTION -- POETRY --



Max-Philippe Delavouët -- Rene Nelli -- Bernard Manciet -- NOVEL -- Jean Boudou -- Robert Lafont -- Jean-Claude Forêt -- THEATRE.

Robert Lafont -- POSTMODERN -- Breizh -- Occitania -- Scotland -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Scots Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

"A renascence of literature written in minority languages has been taking place in Europe. In this study, William Calin offers a comparative analysis of three twentieth-century minority-language literatures flourishing today in the United Kingdom and France - literatures written in Scots, Breton, and Occitan." "For each of the three literatures, Calin examines the major writers and their masterpieces in poetry, the novel, and theatre. His thesis is that all three literatures have evolved in a like manner, repudiating their sentimental, romantic folk heritage and undertaking to create in terms of European modernism and postmodernism. Combining a variety of modern critical approaches with theoretical and cultural considerations, Calin demonstrates the intrinsic importance of these literatures and their contribution to culture in both aesthetic and broadly human terms. His conclusion raises a number of questions: Is there a common form of narrative prevalent in minority cultures that is neither realism nor metafiction? Is the minority-language theatre limited to plots treating past history and the rural present? How can high modernist poetry express regional concerns yet attain universality? What constraints are imposed on writers working in minority languages, and what traits will be shared by minority literatures?" "Calin's pioneering study is the first comparative examination of the Scots, Breton, and Occitan achievements as parts of an international, European totality, underscoring in comparative terms their contribution to Europe as a whole."--Jacket