Area of research: History of language and cultureLiterary and non literary linguistic uses; conventions and models.Literary language and the mass media: orality, manuscripts and printers.Linking literature to cultural contexts and valid models: sources, influences and interferences.Catalan literature and European models, translations and adaptations.History of cultural dissemination, printing, reading and teaching and these factors’ influences on modern Catalan culture.The reception of modern Catalan literature.