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

• Autore: Calin William
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000; ©2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.9112
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Brittany (France) In literature; Provence (France) In literature; Scotland In literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SCOTLAND -- BRITTANY -- OCCITANIA -- POSTMODERN -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SCOTS GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: A quiet renaissance has been unfolding in certain parts of Europe - a renaissance of literature written in minority languages. In this book, William Calin explores the renaissance through an examination of twentieth-century works in Scots, Breton, and Occitan minority languages flourishing inside the borders of the United Kingdom and France.For each of the three bodies of literature Calin considers major authors whose works include novels, poetry and plays, and shows that all three literatures have evolved in a like manner, repudiating their romantic folk heritage and turning instead to modern and postmodern concerns. Drawing on current critical theories in periodization, postcolonialism and cultural studies, Calin raises a range of comparative 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? What is the relationship between the minority literature and literature in the national language? What kind of history should be written on the literatures of Scotland, Brittany and the South of France, manifest in their several languages?Calin's pioneering study is the first comparative scrutiny of these minority literatures and the first to bring all three together into the mainstream of present-day criticism. His work demonstrates the intrinsic importance in their twentieth-century renewal, as well as their contribution to global culture, in both aesthetic and broadly human terms.
• Titolo autorizzato: Minority literatures and modernism
• ISBN: 1-281-99591-6; 9786611995911; 1-4426-7728-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455521003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II