This article argues that Gabriele d’Annunzio’s Notturno conveys a conscious political and cultural message which is consequent of his long-lasting political commitment to the nation. This political value of the book has been mainly overlooked. Therefore, the first part of the article shows the locations of the political and war-related content, and how the book can be considered as a war diary. Moreover

Il presente articolo discute alcuni aspetti linguistici riguardanti la diffusione di fake news, o bufale, all’interno dei social media, un aspetto che risulta strettamente connesso con i due concetti sociologici e comunicativi di post-veritá e di propaganda politica. Dopo aver descritto alcune tendenze riscontrabili nei testi pubblicati sulle piattaforme social in Italia e, in particolare, nell'uso

The complex and often paradoxical representation of time and history in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard has its roots in an existential vision which is charged with different meanings and shadowed by a dark pessimism. In order to convey his peculiar perspective, Lampedusa uses specific narrative techniques, transforming earthly elements into eternal symbols. In turn, Luchino Visconti, in

Anna Rinonapoli è una delle scrittrici di fantascienza più importanti della prima generazione in Italia. Le sue opere, scritte tra il 1963 al 1986, come le opere di altre scrittrici italiane di fantascienza, rimangono però poco studiate nel mondo accademico. Questo articolo inizierà a colmare questa lacuna, trattando di Sfida al pianeta (1973), romanzo considerato all'epoca “il primo romanzo fantascientifico

This contribution aims to highlight the geofactors which determine the development and continuity of language islands and the territories of minority languages. The focus of this research is therefore primarily on the geomorphological conditions of a specific language area and the interaction of natural factors, such as landform configuration, quality of soil and climate, with sociological and political

L’articolo esamina il romanzo Timira, scritto da Antar Mohamed Marincola e Wu Ming 2 e pubblicato nel 2012. Ci concentriamo su due macrotemi: la marginalità spaziale e culturale rappresentata nel libro o percepita dai personaggi (la città, la periferia, la controcultura, e l’attivismo politico), e come razzismo, sessismo e colonialismo plasmino non solo l’identità della protagonista Isabella Marincola

This article focuses on Fascist artist Mario Sironi’s urban landscapes as a site of modernity and its contradictions. With their gloomy buildings and deserted streets, Sironi’s landscapes highlight two of modernity's woes: The periferia of the “liberal” city and the fear for its inhabitants’ degeneration and sterility. In his “Il discorso dell’Ascensione,” Mussolini openly accuses industrial urbanism

In her debut book Dolore minimo, Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto engages in a reflection on motherhood to recount an autobiographical story of gender self-determination and male to female transition. This article explores Vivinetto’s poetry as the retelling of transformative moments in two mother–daughter relationships, which generate a reshaping of life and language. In the book, these two storylines

Clara Sereni’s writing journey began in 1974 with Sigma Epsilon and went on to flourish through the years with the publication of numerous inspiring and thought-provoking literary works. Many of her autobiographical and fictional texts delve into the years between 1968 and 1977, a crucial decade that changed Italy and forever impacted the author’s life and political thinking. In Via Ripetta 155, Sereni

Researchers examining nationalistic conceptions of language learning argue that nationalist essentialism often shapes the way languages are taught by educators and understood by learners. While numerous studies focus on how frameworks informed by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and intercultural education offer alternative approaches to national stereotyping, these studies tend to focus on theoretical

Le recenti Celebrazioni del Bicentenario della nascita di Francesco De Sanctis hanno consentito di restituire una visione completa e articolata della figura e dell’opera del letterato e politico irpino, attraverso numerose attività di studio e di divulgazione. Tra le pubblicazioni più recenti si segnala il volume Una vita di avventure di fede e di passione. Nuovi saggi critici su Francesco De Sanctis

L’articolo analizza il fenomeno voyeuristico in due testi di Italo Calvino tratti da Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore. L’analisi, preceduta da una necessaria introduzione al tema della visualità calviniana, propone una lettura dei testi in questione incentrata sulla relazione tra sguardo ed erotismo, di cui il voyeurismo si sostanzia. Tale indagine ha fatto emergere le correlazioni tra il voyeurismo

The first, theoretical part of this essay engages a recent publication by Maria Borio, dedicated to Italian poetry from the 1970s to the 1990s. Borio’s volume analyzes some methodological issues, and while she attempts to establish a poetical canon, she also deals with its correlation to a form of ethical and lyrical knowledge. The second part of the essay analyzes the ethical dimension of some choice

Elena Salibra (1949–2014) is increasingly to be considered a major poet of her time. The present paper situates her alongside Eugenio Montale in order to determine his influence on her poetry. The correspondence between Montale and Salibra is intellectual and poetic, reflecting Salibra’s dual orientation towards the 20th century giant as both an academic and a poet. The paper beings with an outline

This article seeks to problematize our understanding of Tasso’s depiction of Goffredo in the Gerusalemme Liberata. I do so by considering how Tasso revised three passages of the Gottifredo—his poem’s original title—in response to his censors’ recommendations: specifically, I discuss Goffredo’s failed attempt to win Sveno’s sword (omitted from canto 8 of the Liberata), and then turn to the Christian

Malerba's Il pianeta azzurro is a rich text with a strong ethical and political message. One of its three narrating voices, L’autore, is a sort of Everyman, a synecdoche for the writer and his readers. By attributing to L’autore well-known aspects of his own private life, Malerba involves himself personally in the text, taking responsibility for its message and partial responsibility for the degradation

Una delle interpreti di maggior successo della Primavera Letteraria Sarda e della narrativa italiana contemporanea al femminile, Milena Agus offre nel suo ultimo romanzo, Terre promesse, un’espressione originale di scrittura come poiēsis, in cui l’atto del narrare si configura come forza creativa capace di plasmare la realtà attraverso la riflessione. Partendo dal significato diacronico del concetto

This essay examines the poetry of contemporary author Giulio Di Fonzo in depth for the first time, analysing the central and recurrent themes of his poetic work, material symbols such as water, light, and air, and highlighting the style and variants of Poesie.