Euskal nortasunaren irudiak XIXgarren mendeko bigarren partean

Abstract

In the cultural imagery elaborated in the 19th century to illustrate Basque identity, two series of aesthetic representations and motives can be appreciated: the first offers a solar and heroic vision, while the other reflects the dismal climate of the last quarter of the century. The first is developed from mid-century onwards, when the European scientific world and writers show a great interest on the issue of the origin of the Basques and of their language. Afterwards, visiting writers, and especially Basque-speaking writers are concerned about the survival of the Basque language and of the own identity, and in few years the perspective of the solar myth becomes a crepuscular perspective.