Literature

Contrary to what is said, the Sardinian literature that the island has expressed over the centuries, besides being varied in different genres, is rich in works and authors. Obviously, the literary production of a minority language and culture cannot be compared to that of a large nation or state.
Even the term “literature”, according to the dictates of the most modern and up-to-date study guidelines, is understood to mean the writing or production of works of culture that occupy non-traditional spaces such as legal acts, political constitutions, poetry and oral tradition and even the didactic or informative works for which the Sardinian language was used in order to better communicate with the people.
After the exhilarating phase of the Middle Ages, the day after the defeat of the kingdom of Arborea, lacking an independent political center, the dominant languages (Catalan, Castilian and finally Italian) gradually assumed the role of official languages accepted in full by the island's ruling class. The Sardinian language remained practiced by singers who gave birth to a long oral poetic tradition, but also by writers with cultured reflections.
Over the centuries, attempts have been made by the Sardinian intellectuals closest to the people (especially churchmen) to normalize the written use of the language. An effort that is still relevant today, at a time when, as a result of a new linguistic consciousness, we witnessed the birth of narrative prose in the Sardinian language.

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Giudicale

In mancanza di una letteratura colta in lingua sarda le opere che circolavano nel periodo giudicale nell'isola dovevano essere quelle in latino, o toscano, o catalano. La Sardegna conobbe nel Medioevo una sua storia particolare, ricca di caratteri originali.Sul piano politico nacquero, tra X e XI secolo, quattro stati, veri e propri regni, anche denominati giudicati: Cagliari, Arborea, Torres o Logudoro e Gallura. La lingua sarda affiancò il latino nella redazione degli atti giuridico-amministrativi. Dopo il sopravvento delle repubbliche marinare di Pisa e Genova, l'invasione aragonese pose fine alle aspirazioni autonomistiche. Lo sviluppo "alto" di una lingua letteraria sarda fu negato e le classi dirigenti locali adottarono il catalano e il castigliano quali lingue letterarie.

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