This oral lore caught the attention of Josep Torras i Bages, bishop of Vic at the beginning of the 20th century.Josep Torras i Bages, La tradició catalana, 1892 He became very interested in the pattern in which the seny was transmitted from one generation to the other as an oral tradition. Thus he encouraged Josep Abril i Virgili (1869–1918), a writer, to gather the moral stories and illustrate them in a book that was published as Bon seny ("Good sense"). This more or less representative compilation of moral lessons regarding seny was illustrated by artist Joan Junceda (1881–1948).Joan Junceda: l'Enciclopèdia – enciclopedia.cat Published in the Catalan language before the Spanish Civil War Bon seny became rare during General Franco's era , when so much Catalan printed material had been burned and printing in Catalan was severely restricted.Bon seny, aforismes, faules i acudits; Balmes DL, Barcelona, Reprinted 1984 Many of the seny proverbs that defined traditional Catalan values have lost most of their sense today . The reason is the erosion of Christian values as fundamental in present-day postchristian Catalan society, which sees itself today as a society based largely on secular principles.
This oral lore caught the attention of Josep Torras i Bages, bishop of Vic at the beginning of the 20th century.Josep Torras i Bages, La tradició catalana, 1892 He became very interested in the pattern in which the seny was transmitted from one generation to the other as an oral tradition. Thus he encouraged Josep Abril i Virgili (1869–1918), a writer, to gather the moral stories and illustrate them in a book that was published as Bon seny ("Good sense"). This more or less representative compilation of moral lessons regarding seny was illustrated by artist Joan Junceda (1881–1948).Joan Junceda: l'Enciclopèdia – enciclopedia.cat Published in the Catalan language before the Spanish Civil War Bon seny became rare under Gerneral Francisco Franco , when so much Catalan printed material had been burned and printing in Catalan was severely restricted.Bon seny, aforismes, faules i acudits; Balmes DL, Barcelona, Reprinted 1984 Many of the seny proverbs that defined traditional Catalan values have lost most of their meaning . The reason is the erosion of Christian values as fundamental in today's post-Christian Catalan society, which now sees itself as based largely on secular principles.
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