Aproximació a l'altre / An approach to the other
Biografies, semblances i retrats / Biographies, resemblances and portraits
Editors
Enric Balaguer | University of Alicante
Maria Jesús Francés | University of Alicante
Vicent Vidal | University of Alicante
The different contributions included in this volume deal with aspects of biographical writing and other similar genres (semblances, portraits, etc.). These articles analyze theoretical and generic questions as well as some of the most relevant examples of the genre – with a focus on those written in Catalan. In addition, some of the articles focus on the relationship between biography and national images (nation-building) from a sociocultural standpoint.
The Research Group on Contemporary Literature from the Universitat d’Alacant has gathered contributions from several specialists in numerous fields and has selected a group of relevant works for analysis. In addition to studies on authors such as André Maurois and Lytton Strachey, contributions deal with figures such as Josep Pla, Domènec Guansé, Josep Maria Espinàs and Agustí Pons. Finally, some contributions pay attention to the biographical genre in the audiovisual arts.
The volume contains contributions in Spanish, English, and Catalan.
The Research Group on Contemporary Literature from the Universitat d’Alacant has gathered contributions from several specialists in numerous fields and has selected a group of relevant works for analysis. In addition to studies on authors such as André Maurois and Lytton Strachey, contributions deal with figures such as Josep Pla, Domènec Guansé, Josep Maria Espinàs and Agustí Pons. Finally, some contributions pay attention to the biographical genre in the audiovisual arts.
The volume contains contributions in Spanish, English, and Catalan.
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 11] 2015. xviii, 162 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Estudiar la biografiaEnric Balaguer, Maria Jesús Francés and Vicent Vidal | pp. vii–xii
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Studying the biographyEnric Balaguer, Maria Jesús Francés and Vicent Vidal | pp. xiii–xviii
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Qüestions teòriques i genèriques / Generic and theoretical questions
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La nova biografia: Definició i perioditzacióJordi Amat sobre | pp. 3–8
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Un nuevo modelo de discursobiográfico: los casos clínicosliteraturizados de Oliver SacksVicent Salvador | pp. 9–16
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Collage, muntatge i alters estratègies a Alemanys, de Walter BenjaminEduard Cairol | pp. 17–24
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El meu avi: An innovative television biographyJoaquim Espinós | pp. 25–32
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Dissidence and market: Masculinity in pop-rock biopicsAntoni Maestre | pp. 33–40
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Dialogue as a biographical strategy: Books of conversations in contemporary Valencian biographyJoan Borja | pp. 41–48
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Tracing the author or how theory constitutes an auto(bio)graphMeri Torras | pp. 49–58
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Retratistes, retratats i retratades / Portrait writers and people portrayed
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Seixanta anys de biografisme en català (1953-2013): Aproximació i repertoriLlorenç Soldevila | pp. 61–74
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El retrat en la carrera del jove Josep PlaLluís Bonada | pp. 75–82
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Els Retrats literarisde Domènec GuanséMontserrat Corretger and Francesc Foguet | pp. 83–90
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Study of two texts on Eugeni d’Ors by Josep Pla and Joan FusterGonzal Lopez-Pampló | pp. 91–98
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La biografia com a alteritat. Retrats i biografies en l'obra de Marta PessarrodonaÁngels Gregori | pp. 99–106
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The Art of Conversation: Dialogic literary portraits in Montserrat Roig’s journalistic workMaria Àngels Francés | pp. 107–114
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Lives, portraits and likenesses in the work of Josep M. EspinàsAnna Esteve | pp. 115–122
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Biografies, ideologia i imaginaris col•lectius / Biographies, ideology and collective imagery
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Catalan national identity and popular biographies from Editorial AlcidesIsabel Marcillas | pp. 125–132
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Siluetes de Catalans, de Rovira i VirgiliXavier Ferré | pp. 133–140
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Las biografías de Carmen Sylva, la reina escritora de RumaníaBàrbara Fraticelli | pp. 141–148
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Un demòcrata heterodox, federalista i devot del magnetism: J. Antonio Llinàs (1789–1854)Jordi Roca Vernet | pp. 149–155
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Índex de conceptes | pp. 157–159
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Índex d’antropònims | pp. 161–162
“The volume not only reflects current academic interest but also amplifies and refines understanding and appreciations of the subject.”
Dominic Keown, University of Cambridge
“This is a serious book dealing with a well-timed subject, which accomplishes previous efforts by this research group. It is an important contribution to the study of biography.”
Enric Bou, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Subjects & Metadata
Literature & Literary Studies
BIC Subject: DSB – Literary studies: general
BISAC Subject: LIT004130 – LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General