2. WHAT ARE STORYBOOKS?
The storybook or “auca” is an artistic
document typical in catalan.
It is always about an especific topic and it
explains like a little history traditionally
pigeonholed in cartoons.
Each cartoon goes accompained with two
verses under it. The verses have rhyme.
3. CHARACTERISTICS
1. Always written in verse, so it has rhyme.
2. All the verses of a storybook go with an ilustration that represents them.
3. It can have drawings or photografies.
4. It must have a multiple number of verses.
5. It is normally about history.
6. It had a big diffusion in XIX century.
7. It comes from the Game of the Goose.
4. EXAMPLE IN CATALAN
This is a part of a catalan storybook,
and it’s about the actual project of
Independence for Catalonia.
5. EXAMPLE IN ENGLISH
1.Many legends from Catalonia arrive, 7. Barbarism is intense,
throughout its history they survive. Iberia fights for defence.
2.There’s one pur souls hold, 8. A warrior in very bad condition
here it is as it has been told. watches desperate such perdition.
3.That of Otger Cataló to blame, 9. All his companions are dead;
for having our country such a name. sworrow and rage from his chest spread.
4.Lord of Christian land, 10. At a cave entrance he finds a tent;
of his properties in command. he has found a shelter in the end.
5.Here war brought, 11. His body and limbs many wounds reveal,
being our homes caught. which nobody is there to heal.
6.Iberians fall to the ground; 12. A dog his injuries will lick;
in their strongholds defeat is bound. he will no longer be sick.
This storybook is
about the legend of
Otger Cataló, a
very important
character of
Catalonia. The
legend says that
the name of
Catalonia
(Catalunya) was
because of his
surname.
