Inmigración y literatura nacional en Cataluña. Una lectura periférica

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article reflects on how the Australian experience of multicultural literary studies can contribute to a better understanding of Catalan literary studies. The article adopts a transnational perspective to examine how positionality can shape understandings of the object of study. In particular, the article analyzes how the phenomenon of immigration can open up new, more inclusive discourses on national identities. To this end, it explores the development of multicultural literary studies in Australia since the 1980s and its implications for the construction of a national identity. While recognising that the two cases are very different, given that Australia is a sovereign nation and Catalonia is a stateless one, the article compares the relationship between migrant writings and national literatures in Australia and Catalonia respectively. The article concludes by proposing possible research angles for Catalan literary studies with the aim of facilitating social and cultural cohesion.