Ferran Soldevila’s El milicià romàntic (1938). Introduction and Publication 87 Authors Francesc Foguet i Boreu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Enric Pujol i Casademont Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Keywords: War and revolution of 1936-1939, Catalan theatre, political theatre, Catalanism, Ferran Soldevila Abstract taking place when it was written, as was Soldevila’s civil poetry. It thus reflects the concurrent claims for a dramaturgy of war and suggests an ethical interpretation of the historical process through which the defence of republican legitimacy was considered fair and necessary, given that it was the only cause that would allow democracy to be consolidated and might open up hopeful expectations for society. The militiaman Marçal, the hero of the play, matches the stylised prototype of the Catalanist combatants with working-class roots who trust in the triumph of the democratic forces in a dignified and idealistic way. The publication of El milicià romàntic is based on the seven-page typed version which has been conserved and is compared to the handwritten version —a previous draft— held in the Ferran Soldevila collection at the Archive of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans.Key Words: War and revolution of 1936-1939, Catalan theatre, political theatre, Catalanism, Ferran Soldevila Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biographies Francesc Foguet i Boreu, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Enric Pujol i Casademont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 24 (2014) Section Studies and Editions License L&L: Llengua & Literatura is published under the Creative Commons licence system in the “Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Spain” license scheme, the complete text of which is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Therefore, the public at large is authorised to reproduce, distribute and share its content as long as the author and publisher are acknowledge and it is not used for commercial use or derivative works.This means that when an author submits their work for publication, they are explicitly agreeing to forfeit their editing and publishing rights.L&L provides free and immediate access to its contents (with the versions of the articles submitted that have been positively evaluated and, if needed, amended) through its URL (http://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/LLiL) before they are published on paper, based on the principle that making research available to citizens free of charge fosters the global exchange of knowledge.
