DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
849.9 Catalan literature 
91 ~ Catalan poetry 
QIX 1st period 1200-1350 
Catalonia before 1137 ruled by French counts, then united to Aragon. 
Language is closely allied to Provencal, in which first poets wrote. Mss 
scatterd; few as yet printed. Literature begins with James 1 (1213-76) 
who made Catalan the state language 
For Ramon Muntaner see 849.9813 
¢ Raimon Lull 1225-1315 2 Febler 1250 ¢ Minor poets 
2d period 1350-1450 
Imitation of Neo Provencal, Prench and Italian, specially of Dante, Pe. 
trarch and Boccaccio. Some flashes of originality. Fra Rocaberti. Imita- 
tion of Dante 
Age of perfection 1450 
From 16th century, Catalan literature merged in Spanish, tho some writers 
still employ idiom, e. g. * Balaguer ' 
t March, Ausias ~1460, greatest of Catalan poets 2 Fenolla, Bernard 
3 Jacme Roig (satiric) 4 Farrer 5 Serafi 6 Pujol 7 Garcia 
¢o Minor poets 
Catalan fiction 
Age of perfection 
Joanet Martorel ~1400. Tirant lo Blanch, a chivalric romance 
Miscellany 
1st period 1200-1350 
Prose superior to poetry. Chronicles of great importance, culminating in 
Muntaner 
1 James 1 (The Conqueror) 1213-76 2 Desclot, Bernardo 3 Mun- 
taner, Ramon 1265-1340 4 Ximenes 9 Minor authors 
2d period 1350-1450 
Prose resists foren influences better than poetry. Many philosofic and 
theologic writings beside historical works 
1 Tomich 2 Turell o Minor writers