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Artikulu honek Londresen 2000ko uztailean egin zen “1st International Symposium on Basque Cultural Studies” delakoan irakurritako hitzaldia jasotzen du. Bertan, egungo euskal literatur sistemaren deskribapena egiten ahalegindu nintzen, hau da, euskal literatur testuen produkzioa, bitartekaritza eta harrera barneratzen dituen egituraren deskribapena. Euskal literaturak mende honetan izandako igoera kuantitatibo eta kualitatiboa aztertu ondoren, etorkizuneko erronkak zeintzuk izango liratekeen aurkeztera ere ausartu ginen. Ildo honetan, euskal lanen itzulpena, kritikagintzaren indartzea eta plazerezko irakurketa literarioaren aldeko aldarrikapena izan zen gurea.

 

This article includes the speech read at the “1st International Symposium on Basque Cultural Studies” held in London in July 2000. In this paper, I endeavoured to describe the current Basque literary system, that is, to describe the structure embracing the production, mediation and reception of Basque literary texts. Having analysed the qualitative and quantitative growth experienced by Basque literature during this century, I ventured to present the likely challenges of the future. This was in fact a manner of vindicating the translation of texts written in Basque, stronger criticism and an increase in the pleasure of reading.