Fulvio Tomizza - Writing the Trauma of Exile

In what language is it possible to elaborate the trauma of exile? By dealing with the diaspora from Istria, a borderland located at the intersection of the Italian and the Croato-Slovene civilizations, Fulvio Tomizza (1935-1999), an outstanding and yet still relatively unknown author of the Italian Novecento, questioned exile in depth. This exile, which took place after the post-war redefinition of the Italo-Yugoslav border, corresponds to a trauma, that can be better analysed through the language used by Tomizza, in particular through his multilingualism and self-translation. In this work, Deganutti suggests that only the Italian language the author chooses to write his novels – which corresponds both to a native and a translated tongue – allows him to cope with the trauma of exile, or at least with what could be told about it.
Marianna Deganutti is a Research Associate at the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies – University of Bath.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marianna Deganutti
• Editore: Legenda
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.09.2020
• EAN: 9781781885949
• ISBN: 978-1-78188-594-9
• Pagine: 194
• Dimensioni: 170 mm x 244 mm x 11 mm
• Peso: 345 g
• Serie: Italian Perspectives
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata