Jordi Pujol i els recursos de l'etnopoètica

Abstract

Jordi Pujol's facility for formulating stories, along with his prodigious memory, permitted him to utilize in his discourses some resources oforal [olklote and ethno-poetics, whenever necessary. Ethno-poetics comprises a series ofgenres which are used in all cultures as a communicative way to make one's messages, thoughts or intentions easier to understand. These diverse genres are created or disappear according to the needs otthe society which employs them, and its verbal constructions adopt the appropriate torm and content according to the situation and the person to whom they are addressed, always induding some artistic element. This article deals with the development that this discipline has recently undergone in Catalonia and the use made at it by president Pujol in his verbal interventions.