Lluís Quintana

A citation analysis of Catalan literary studies (1974–2003): Towards a bibliometrics of humanities studies in minority languages

A citation analysis was carried out on the most important research journals in the field of Catalan literature between 1974 and 2003. The indicators and qualitative parameters obtained show the value of performing citation analysis in cultural and linguistic areas that are poorly covered by the A&HCI. Catalan literature shows a similar pattern to that of humanities in general, but it could still be in a stage of consolidation because too little work has as yet been published.

Temps i espai a L’estrella d’En Perris (1963) de J.V. Foix

A lack of research on J.V. Foix’s books of prose has been observed by scholars. Arguably, this can be considered consequence of his hermetic procedures, due to the destabilisation he operates with the traditional uses of the literary text, in the tradition of avant-garde. In this article, I suggest a formal analysis of L’estrella d’En Perris (1963) to show how this destabilisation works. A previous study targeted the prologue of L’estrella d’En Perris, its diegesis and the transitions between text and paratext; here I study the grammatical (especially verbal tenses) and lexical (especially toponyms) structures of its texts with patterns offered by narratology.