Birth and development of a field literary in the minority language: the case of the Corsica

Abstract

Between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War, starts the process development3  of the corsican language. This is done through the establishment of a literary field4  in vernacular language, which will arise from regular new genres (poetry
scholarly, drama, novel, political literature…). This literature appears clearly as a tool to defend corsican language and identity. The transition to writing here is accompanied by a will — clearly formulated — to “establish” the language.Through this study, it will
show — thanks to the concept of “field” — that the literary space in corsican language has been designed and used as a means to fight the diglossic situation.