Resistance in the 'Oppressor's Tongue — English-Language Welsh Writers and Spanish-Language Catalan Writers

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cymhariaeth uchelgeisiol ac arloesol o ddwy lenyddiaeth sydd heb fawr o astudiaeth: ysgrifennu Cymraeg yn Saesneg ac ysgrifennu Catalaneg yn Sbaeneg o safbwynt llenyddiaeth gwrthsafiad.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

An ambitious and groundbreaking comparison of two little-studied literatures: English-language Welsh writing and Spanish-language Catalan writing from a resistance literature perspective.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Note on Terminology Introduction A Brief History of Wales and Catalonia The Development of Resistance Literature Theory Resistance Literature Approach Resistance Theory in Wales and Catalonia Types of Resistance Choice of Author Chapter 1 – Harri Webb and ‘The Saga of Welsh Resistance’ Introduction Wales as a Colony Resistance Wales United A Popular Poet Recovering History Chapter 2 – ‘The darker our twilight hours, the more blessed will be the dawn of those who will come after us’: Catalonia – the Nation that was and the State that will be Introduction Catalan National Traditions Catalonia Versus Castile Oppression of Catalans A People’s Resistance Chapter 3 – ‘Armed but not in the old way’: The Seeds of Hope in R. S. Thomas Introduction Wales and England in R. S. Thomas’s work A Living Nation? Speaking Truth to Power What is a Welshman? – Resistance or Mere Invective? Enclaves of Resistance Chapter 4 – Recovering History, Recovering Writers - Eduardo Mendoza’s La Ciudad de los Prodigios and Rhys Davies’s Rhondda Trilogy Introduction The State of their Nations Linking Struggles Figures of Resistance Historical Passages Types of Resistance Epilogue - A Growing Need for Resistance Literature? Bibliography

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Catriona Coutts was an Associate Researcher at Bangor University until June 2025, having previously received her PhD from the same University. Her doctoral thesis compared Spanish-language authors from Catalonia with English-language authors from Wales.