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Nihil in fine: the humorous collapse of narrativity, by Amadeu Viana
This article offers a succint view of the GVHT (General Verbal Humor Theory) analysis for
standard jokes, besides an aproach to mock attack theories, that assume coherence between
the structure of the joke (fostering inversion) and the lived situation (promoting flexibility).
Practical teasing will be the result of some structure constraints and the social acceptance of
new frames. In this interplay, implicit makes sense as a closing statement, conforming the
structure of the joke. Moreover, jokes can be discerned, from this point of view, from stan-
dard tragic catastrophes and absurd narratives.
The Biblioteca Sabadellenca: a publishing house at a party’s service, by Josep Lluís
Martín Berbois
This article analyses the formation and composition of the publishing house Biblioteca
Sabadellenca, which was created during the Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera by some mem-
bers of the Lliga Regionalista of Sabadell. This publishing house was characterised by its wri-
tings of poetry and religion, all of them in Catalan.
Jean Améry, the dislocated testimony, by Ignasi Ribó
Jean Améry’s testimony of his experience of radical desubjectivisation, after suffering tortu-
re at the hands of the Nazis and being interned in Auschwitz, is examined. His experience is
confronted to that of other victims, like Primo Levi and the so-called Musulmänner, in order
to understand the existential dimension of the act of bearing testimony of violence so trau-
matic that fractures the subject’s identity.
The disappointed man and the degraded soul. An interpretation on Bearn o la sala de
les nines, by Jordi Larios
Bearn o la sala de les nines (1956, 1961) is regarded by many critics as the best and arguably
the most complex of Llorenç Villalonga’s novels. This paper takes stock of several existing
interpretations of Bearn and puts forward a new one that brings into play Ortega’s theory of
historical cycles as well as his views on fascism, and throws light on «la sala de les nines» as
a rewriting of a number of elements to be found in Émile Zola’s Le Docteur Pascal.
Two letters from Frederic Pujulà i Vallès to Caterina Albert: a testimony of fight and
survival, by Imma Farré
Frederic Pujulà, a very active member of the editorial staff of the weekly magazine Joventut
(1900-1906), addresses Caterina Albert two letters in 1950 and 1958. In these letters, he tells
her about the existence of two unpublished works: the memoirs of the magazine Joventut and
a biography of Pompeu Gener.
We are not alone. Current Catalan fiction from an editor’s point of view, by Bernat
Puigtobella
Catalan authors are not alone: they have many potential readers. But they also live in a bilin-
gual community in which more and more Spanish novels are being translated into Catalan and
taking a big share of the market. There are three problems that plague the Catalan literary sys-
tem and should be addressed urgently. (1) Literary prizes are no longer prestigious and novels
aren’t sufficiently edited by publishers. (2) Catalan authors are still too defensive about their
language and (3) are taking too often an introspective stand towards the materials and the
world represented in their novels. 
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