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Rafael Alemany Ferrer (Benidorm, 1952) is a Valencian philologist, and professor of Catalan Philology (medieval literature) at the University of Alacant.

Biography
He was awarded his bachelor's degree and doctorate in philosophy and arts (Hispanic Philology) by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1975) and the University of Alacant (1981), respectively, both of which were also given special distinctions. He was the first person to be appointed to the chair of Catalan Philology (medieval literature) at the University of Alacant, where he has been engaged in teaching and research since 1976, after working for a year at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1975-76). He has also taught Spanish language and literature inn secondary schools.

A specialist in medieval Catalan literature, he has published various studies on the Valencian classics of the 15th century (Tirant lo Blanc, Ausiàs March, Isabel de Villena and Joan Roís de Corella). At present he is the head of the Research Group into medieval Catalan Literature at the University of Alacant. He was the founder and first head of the Department of Catalan Philology and the Secretariat for Language Normalisation at the University of Alacant. He has also been the director of the Interuniversity Institute of Valencian Philology (IIFV) of the universities of Valencia, Alacant and Jaume I of Castelló de la Plana, the vice-president of the Hispanic Association of Medieval Literature (AHLM), of which he is currently an honorary member, and vice-secretary of the International Association of Catalan Language and Literature (AILLC). Since 2018 he has been vice-president of the Spanish Society for General and Comparative Literature (SELGyC). He is also a member of the International Association of Hispanists, the North-American Catalan Society, the Society of Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the International Reynard Society. He has directed such publications as ''Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filologia'', and the series "Biblioteca de Filologia Catalana", which has borne his name since 2019 and which he founded. Finally, he has also been a member of the Valencian Language Academy (2001-16), for which he was president of the Technical Section of Lexicography and Grammar (2014-16), and he has acted as secretary of the Committee of the Valencian Normative Dictionary.

Work
1. BOOKS


 * [With other authors] Diccionari del lèxic de les poesies d'Ausiàs March, Valencia, Denes, 2008.


 * Introducció al 'Tirant lo Blanc', Alzira, Bromera, 2007.
 * Guia bibliogràfica de la literatura catalana medieval, Alacant, Universitat d'Alacant, 1995; reprinted 1997.
 * Carta de poblament de Benidorm, Alcoi, Ajuntament de Benidorm, 1988.
 * Adolf Salvà: De la marina i muntanya, Alacant, Institut de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert,1988.


 * [With Robert B. Tate] Alfonso de Palencia: Epístolas latinas, Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 1984.

2. INDIVIDUAL PUBLICATIONS IN MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS (SELECTION)


 * "Versemblança i simbolisme en la Vita Christi de sor Isabel de Villena", in Miscel·lània Antoni Ferrando, I, Barcelona, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2020, pp. 213-230.
 * "La Cántica Espiritual de la primera edición de las poesies de Ausiàs March", in Isabella Tomassetti (coord.), Avatares y perspectives del medievalismo ibérico, II, San Millán de la Cogolla, Cilengua, 2019, pp. 999-1013.
 * "Joan Roís de Corella: ¿Una propuesta antibelicista en la literatura catalana medieval?", in Fernando Carmona Fernández & José Miguel García Cano (eds.), Guerra y violència en la literatura y en la historia, Murcia, Universidad de Murcia, 2018, pp. 45-54.
 * “El léxico médico de las poesías de Ausiàs March y su dimensión literaria”, in Gema Vallín (ed.), Enfermedades, médicos y pacientes en la literatura, Vigo, Editorial Academia del Hispanismo, 2018, pp. 155-174.
 * “Guerra, amor y muerte en las narraciones mitológicas de Joan Rois de Corella”, in Constance Carta, Sarah Finci & Dora Mancheva (eds.), Antes se agotan la mano y la pluma que su historia / Magis deficit manus et calamus quam eius historia. Homenaje a Carlos Alvar, I: Edad Media, San Millán de la Cogolla, Cilengua, 2016, pp. 433-446.
 * “Els elements d’articulació interna de les proses mitològiques de Joan Roís de Corella”, in Lola Badia, Emili Casanova & Albert Hauf (eds.), Studia mediaevalia Curt Wittlin dicata / Mediaeval Studies in Honour of Curt Wittlin / Estudis medievals en homenatge a Curt Wittlin, Alacant, Institut Interuniversitari de Filologia Valenciana (Symposia Philologica, 25), 2015, pp. 33-50.
 * [In collaboration with Magdalena Llorca Serrano], “Utopia i cavalleria en el Tirant i en el Quijote”, in Àlex Martín Escribà, Adolf Piquer Vidal & Fernando Sánchez Miret (eds.), Actes del XVI Col·loqui  Internacional de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes (Salamanca, 2012), II, Barcelona, Associació Internacional de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes, Universitat de Salamanca &  Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2015, pp. 27-37.
 * “Los perfiles diversos de la seducción en el Tirant lo Blanc”,in Patricia Cifre Wibrow & Manuel González de Ávila (eds.), Culturas de la seducción, Salamanca, Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2014, pp. 141-148.
 * “Las reescrituras de un franciscano islamizado: Anselm Turmeda”, in Cesc Esteve (ed.), El texto infinito. Tradición y reescritura en la Edad Media y el Renacimiento, Salamanca, Publicaciones del SEMYR, 2014, pp. 229-242.
 * “La parodia en la Disputa de l’ase de Anselm Turmeda”, in Mercedes Brea, Esther Corral & Miguel A. Pousada (eds.), Parodia y debate metaliterarios en la Edad Media, Alessandria, Edizioni dell'Orso, 2013, pp. 335-348.

3. SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES (SELECTION)


 * "Une posible allusion parodique au Compromis de Caspe (1412) dans la Disputa de l’ase (1417-18) d’Anselm Turmeda", Reinardus. Yearbook of the International Reynard Society, 31 (2019), pp. 1-11.


 * "L’anomenat ‘Cant espiritual’ d’Ausiàs March en els testimonis antics de l’obra del poeta", Revista Valenciana de Filologia, 1 (2017) pp. 13-33.
 * "La intensificació retòrica dels elements morbosos en les faules mitològiques de Joan Roís de Corella: de la imitatio a la innovació estètica", Revista de Literatura Medieval, XXVIII (2016), pp. 55-97.
 * “Insectes perspicaces dans une parodie des débats scolastiques”, Reinardus. Yearbook of the International Reynard Society, 25 (2012-2013), pp. 1-10.
 * “Una visión filógina de Eva y María Magdalena”, Cultura Neolatina, LXXII, 3-4 (2012), pp. 199-223.
 * [With Francesc Xavier Llorca Ibi] “El lèxic mariner de les poesies d’Ausiàs March i la seua dimensión poètica”, Catalan Review, XXIV (2010), pp. 121-138.
 * “Els amors dels parents de Tirant amb les parentes de Carmesina”, Tirant, 11 (2008), pp. 5-18.
 * “La diversitat polifònica del discurs amorós en el Tirant lo Blanc”, Estudi General (=Miscel·lània d’homenatge a Modest Prats, II), 22 (2002), ps. 393-408.

4. CD Rom


 * Concordança de la 'Vita Christi' de sor Isabel de Villena (1996) [with other collaborators]

5. WEBS


 * Corpus bibliogràfic digital de la literatura catalana de l'edat mitjana (since 2008) [director]
 * Author library on Ausiàs March within the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (area: Biblioteca Joan Lluís Vives) (2009) [director]
 * Concordances lematitzades de les poesies d'Ausiàs March (2011) [with other collaborators]
 * Author library on Joan Roís de Corella within the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (area: Biblioteca Lluís Vives) (2013) [director]