Resumen de Die Konstruktion katalanischer Identität in der Literatur zur Guerra d’Àfrica (1859–1860) und die Wahrnehmung der Katalanen durch deutsche Kriegsberichterstatter
The Spanish-Moroccan War of 1859/60 is of great importance for thedevelopment of Catalan identity. During the war an immense amount of patrioticliterature in Catalan language was published in Catalonia, in which the authors glorifiedthe deeds of the Catalan general Joan Prim i Prats and the Catalan volunteers whofought in this war. The present article intents to illustrate on the basis of the analysis ofpoems, theatre plays, a patriotic song and a report written by Catalan authors the im-portance of the First Spanish-Moroccan War for the development of Catalan identityand to demonstrate that the authors used the literature about the war to diffuse Catalannational myths and symbols and to construct a Catalan national identity. Based onchronicles of German war correspondents the article points out that the military deedsof general Prim and the Catalan volunteers were admired not only in Catalonia andSpain but also in Germany and that the Catalan soldiers achieved to cause Catalan lan-guage and culture to become known even in foreign countries.
