Sanatoriums in contemporary narratives: ‘The sea’, by Blai Bonet

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  • Adéla Koťátková Jaume I University (Spain)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.8.10787

Keywords:

novel, medicine, sanatorium, tuberculosis, space

Abstract

Literature and medicine are closely connected. Many works have portrayed experiences of disease and have been set in health care facilities, including sanatoriums. Anti-tuberculosis sanatoriums, seen as spaces of isolation and as the death row, have inspired many authors. Twentieth-century novels devoted significant attention to these institutions which, far from the rest of society, conditioned the life of the sick but also their identity. The magic mountain  by Thomas Mann and Rest home by Camilo José Cela are two outstanding references in this production. In Catalan literature, we need to highlight The sea, by Majorcan author Blai Bonet.

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Author Biography

Adéla Koťátková, Jaume I University (Spain)

Bachelor’s degree in Spanish Language and Literature from the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) and Master's Degree in Language Consultancy and Literary Culture of the University of Valencia (Spain). Pre-doctoral researcher at the Department of Philology and European Cultures of the Jaume I University (Castelló, Spain), in the EXPLORA project «Health language and culture» (CSO2014-61928-EXP).

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Published

2018-06-05

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Koťátková, A. (2018). Sanatoriums in contemporary narratives: ‘The sea’, by Blai Bonet. Metode Science Studies Journal, (8), 255–260. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.8.10787
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Making science: A multitude of perspectives (2018)

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Narrating health. Literature and medicine

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