Differentiating Catalan and Italian Futurisms

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Abstract

The term futurism was used in aesthetic circles during the first decade of the twentieth century throughout Europe. The broad use of the term has sometimes led to critical attempts to link the various "futurisms" together into a coherent whole. In my article, I compare and contrast Alomar's Catalan futurism with the Italian futurism associated with Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944). Although the two futurisms share the name and, to some extent, similar philosophical backgrounds, their foundational documents or manifestos are more different than they are similar, and Alomar's futurism cannot and should not be critically subordinated to Marinetti's Italian one. My article addresses what is futurist in Alomar's thought as well as its unique regionalist underpinnings that find no analogue in other European futurisms.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalRomance Quarterly
Volume55
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2008

Keywords

  • Gabriel Alomar
  • essay
  • Filippo Marinetti
  • futurism
  • modernism

Disciplines

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Modern Languages

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