Oral Presentations
Location
Schewel Hall Room 231
Access Type
Event
Event Website
http://www.lynchburg.edu/academics/red-letter-day/student-scholar-showcase/
Entry Number
123
Start Date
4-6-2016 11:15 AM
End Date
4-6-2016 11:30 AM
Abstract
rancisco Franco was the fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. Franco came into power after the Spanish Civil War as the leader of the Nationalists. His government was a right-wing regime that was characterized by isolation from the international community and suppression of those within the country who challenged his notion of a unified Spanish identity. Franco’s government prohibited use of the languages of the Galician, Catalan, and Basque people of Spain, and in doing so repressed the cultures to which the languages belonged. Since the end of Franco’s reign and his repressive policies these three languages have enjoyed a renaissance due to the freedom that their language use has allowed. An examination of these three recovering languages shows three very distinct possible outcomes for languages facing political oppression and perhaps extinction.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Leslie S. Layne
Language Death and Revival in post-Franco Spain
Schewel Hall Room 231
rancisco Franco was the fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. Franco came into power after the Spanish Civil War as the leader of the Nationalists. His government was a right-wing regime that was characterized by isolation from the international community and suppression of those within the country who challenged his notion of a unified Spanish identity. Franco’s government prohibited use of the languages of the Galician, Catalan, and Basque people of Spain, and in doing so repressed the cultures to which the languages belonged. Since the end of Franco’s reign and his repressive policies these three languages have enjoyed a renaissance due to the freedom that their language use has allowed. An examination of these three recovering languages shows three very distinct possible outcomes for languages facing political oppression and perhaps extinction.
https://digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu/studentshowcase/2016/Presentations/19