Academic literature on the topic 'Melania Mazzucco'

L’incipiente formazione in Italia di una società multietnica, alle soglie del nuovo millenio, ha contribuito a ravvivare l’interesse di studiosi e di artisti per la diaspora italiana del secolo scorso. Il presente lavoro prende in esame il romanzo Vita (2003) di Melania Mazzucco e il film Nuovomondo (2006) di Emanuele Crialese con il proposito di svelare alcune significative convergenze nel recupero della memoria collettiva dell’emigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti tra l’Otto e il Novecento. Si metteranno in evidenza gli elementi tematici e le strutture narrative specifiche con cui vengono intessute narrazioni che, sia nel romanzo sia nel film, mescolano Storia e finzione, concretizzando una visione ravvicinata e ‘dal basso’ di un passato cancellato, la quale suscita nel fruitore una risposta etica.

Ce travail de recherche porte sur l'œuvre de l’écrivaine italienne contemporaine Melania Mazzucco. Si la mémoire, le rôle des femmes et la critique sociale sont les thèmes les plus étudiés de ses œuvres, le fil conducteur de notre recherche est plutôt le concept de l'engagement. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle perspective critique, où l’impegno constitue une sorte de "macrocatégorie" englobant tous les nombreux thèmes de la production littéraire de l'écrivaine analysés par les critiques. L'engagement qui ressort de cette production consiste en un intérêt marqué pour les questions sociales, pour la prise en charge des opprimés et des marginaux dans la société. C’est dans ce cadre qu’un rôle très important est joué par les femmes, qui sont toujours les protagonistes des romans : ce sont souvent des femmes excentriques, insatisfaites, perpétuellement à la recherche de leur propre place dans le monde et de leur propre identité. Il s'agit en somme d'une forme particulière d'engagement civique lié à la problématique des femmes se développant principalement selon deux directions, qui vont constituer la deuxième et la troisième parties de notre thèse : les généalogies féminines que Mazzucco reconstruit dans ses romans historiques, avec l'intention de redonner une vie, une voix et une histoire à des figures de femmes du passé qui ont réellement existé et qui peuvent être une source d'inspiration pour les femmes d'aujourd'hui ; la représentation de l'Italie contemporaine à travers des figures féminines qui mettent en évidence des problématiques comme le sexisme, le phénomène migratoire, de nouveaux modèles familiaux. Les femmes deviennent ainsi un vecteur pour traiter des questions qui touchent les deux sexes. Dans notre thèse nous avons donc examiné la présence de formes d'engagement dans l'œuvre de Mazzucco en étudiant ses manifestations dans les deux directions décrites ci-dessus, pour répondre à quelques questions fondamentales : dans le débat sur l'engagement littéraire, très fécond aujourd’hui en Italie, comment pouvons-nous situer l'œuvre de Mazzucco ? Sous quelles formes et sur quels thèmes son engagement s'exprime-t-il ? Est-il efficace ? Est-il apprécié ? Notre thèse est divisée en trois parties. Dans la première partie, l'objectif est de situer Mazzucco dans le contexte littéraire italien, depuis les années 1980 – celles de sa formation – jusqu’à nos jours, afin de mettre en évidence les influences, les héritages et les écarts. Dans la deuxième partie, nous proposons une analyse croisée de deux romans, qui sont deux biographies historiques de femmes artistes oubliées par l'histoire : La lunga attesa dell'angelo, qui raconte la vie de Marietta Tintoretto, la fille préférée du célèbre peintre qui a été encouragée par son père à exploiter ses talents malgré l’interdiction faite aux femmes d’être peintre ; L'Architettrice, qui raconte l’histoire de Plautilla Bricci, la première femme architecte de l'histoire moderne, qui était également fille d’un artiste. Nous avons voulu comprendre d’une part, pourquoi Mazzucco s'est engagée dans cette opération de récupération, d’autre part, qui sont ces femmes du passé dont elle veut transmettre l’expérience de vie. La troisième et dernière partie de la thèse est consacrée à l'étude de quatre romans dont l’histoire se déroule de nos jours : Un giorno perfetto, Limbo, Sei come sei, Io sono con te. Storia di Brigitte. Ces livres ne se proposent plus de réévaluer des femmes extraordinaires du passé pour les réintégrer dans l'histoire artistique et culturelle italienne. Ils racontent plutôt des histoires ordinaires de femmes, dans l'Italie d'aujourd'hui, aux prises avec des problèmes de violence, discrimination, marginalité, au sein de la famille et/ou de la société
This research project focuses on the work of the contemporary Italian writer Melania Mazzucco. While memory, the role of women and social criticism are the most studied themes in her works, the main thread running through our research is the concept of commitment. This is a new critical perspective, in which impegno constitutes a kind of 'macro-category' encompassing all the many themes in the writer's output that have been analysed by critics.Mazzucco's commitment, which is evident in his literary output, consists of a marked interest in social issues, in caring for the oppressed and marginalised in society. It’s in this context that women play a very important role, as they are always the protagonists of his novels: they are often eccentric, dissatisfied women, perpetually in search of their own place in the world and their own identity. In short, this is a particular form of civic commitment linked to women's issues, and it develops mainly in two directions, which will form the second and third parts of our thesis: the female genealogies that Mazzucco reconstructs in his historical novels, with the intention of giving a life, a voice and a history to female figures from the past who really existed and who can be a source of inspiration for women today; the representation of contemporary Italy through female figures who highlight issues such as sexism, the migratory phenomenon, new family models. Women thus become a vehicle for addressing issues that affect both sexes equally.In our thesis, therefore, we have examined the presence of forms of commitment in Mazzucco's work by studying its manifestations in the two directions described above, in order to answer some fundamental questions: in the debate on literary commitment, which is very fertile in Italy today, how can we situate Mazzucco's work? In what forms and on what themes does his commitment express itself? Is it effective? Is it appreciated?Our thesis is divided into three parts. In the first part, the aim is to situate Mazzucco in the Italian literary context, from the 1980s – the period of her formation – to the present day, in order to highlight influences, legacies and gaps. In the second part, we propose a cross-analysis of two novels, which are both historical biographies of women artists forgotten by history: La lunga attesa dell'angelo, which tells the life story of Marietta Tintoretto, the famous painter's favourite daughter who was encouraged by her father to exploit her talents despite the ban on women being painters; and L'Architettrice, which tells the story of Plautilla Bricci, the first woman architect in modern history, who was also the daughter of an artist. We wanted to understand why Mazzucco embarked on this recovery operation, and who these women of the past were whose life experience she wanted to pass on. My aim is to understand why Mazzucco embarks on this operation of recovery, who these women of the past are whose life experience she wants to pass on, and how she wants to pass it on.The third and final part of the thesis is devoted to the study of four novels set in the present day: Un giorno perfetto, Limbo, Sei come sei, Io sono con te. Storia di Brigitte. These books no longer set out to re-evaluate extraordinary women of the past in order to reintegrate them into Italian artistic and cultural history. Instead, they tell the ordinary stories of women in Italy today, struggling with problems of violence, discrimination and marginality within the family and/or society

Vita, di Melania Mazzucco (giovane scrittrice italiana contemporanea), è il romanzo di una storia di esilio (ex-solum, allontanati dal proprio suolo, emigrati), intessuto di finzione, realtà, memoria. Scritto in alcune parti in prima persona, il romanzo sfuma nell\'autobiografia. L\'invenzione s\'intreccia alla ricerca di una memoria familiare e personale, per narrare una epopea collettiva che rarissimamente ha trovato la via della letteratura. Vita e Diamante Mazzucco, i protagonisti, sono due ragazzi italiani che, all\'inizio del Novecento, insieme alla moltitudine di immigrati della grande emigrazione, affrontano la loro America, passione e vita. Apparentemente limitati a un gruppo e a un periodo, i temi del romanzo toccano il rapporto contraddittorio, il limite fra reportage veridico e ricostruzione ideale, fra memoria storica e costruzione narrativa e portano alla luce vite \"analoghe\". La problematica dell\' \"altro\" (Vita e Diamante come rappresentanti dei \"vinti\", dell\'altra faccia della storia) fa emergere la reale alterità che la letteratura - e il romanzo meglio di altri generi - può portare alla luce, verbalizzando ciò che era da lungo tempo rimosso nella memoria familiare e, forse, in quella collettiva
Vita, de Melania Mazzucco (jovem escritora italiana contemporánea), é um romance que trata sobretudo do exílio, (ex-solum, distância da própria terra, emigração) por meio de uma narrativa que mescla ficção, realidade, memória. Escrito em algumas partes em primeira pessoa, o romance possui uma nuance de autobiografia. A ficção se entrelaça com as pesquisas da memória familiar e pessoal da autora, de modo a narrar uma epopéia coletiva, a qual em raríssimos casos encontrou a via da literatura. Vita e Diamante Mazzucco, os protagonistas, são dois jovens italianos que, no início do século XX, junto à multidão que compôs a grande emigração italiana, afrontam a América, a paixão e a vida. Com um enredo aparentemente limitado a um grupo e a um período histórico, os temas presentes na obra apontam para uma questão contraditória, o limite entre a reportagem verídica e a reconstrução ideal dos fatos, entre a memória histórica e a construção narrativa, colocando em evidência situações análogas. A problemática do \"outro\" (Vita e Diamante como representantes dos \"vencidos\", da outra face da história) faz emergir a real alteridade que a literatura - e o romance melhor que outros gêneros - é capaz de trazer à tona, verbalizando aquilo que estava desde muito tempo escondido na memória familiar e, talvez, na memória coletiva

A vida de um jovem e seu percurso pelo mundo em busca de sua identidade é o mote do romance de formação, subgênero que teve seu auge entre os séculos XVIII e XIX. Franco Moretti e Esther Labovitz, entre outros críticos por nós considerados, estudaram a fundo o romance de formação o Bildungsroman , sendo que esta última autora focalizou a variante feminina no Bildungsroman do século XX. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o romance da escritora italiana Melania Mazzucco Lei così amata. O romance recorta e focaliza uma parte da vida da escritora suíça Annemarie Schwarzenbach, portanto possui as características do romance biográfico. Contudo, pretendemos, neste estudo, evidenciar principalmente as características que fazem dessa obra um romance de formação. Por meio da conturbada trajetória vivida pela protagonista, buscamos reconhecer, nas viagens empreendidas por ela, ao redor do mundo, as características fundamentais do romance de formação. Em particular, com base nos estudos de Mikhail Bakhtin sobre o cronotopo, analisamos as formas com que o tempo vivido nos diferentes continentes Ásia, América e África marcam o percurso formativo da heroína.
The life of a young man and his way through the world in search of his own identity is the motto of the formation novel, subgenre which had its climax between the 18th and the 19th centuries. Franco Moretti and Esther Labovitz, among other critics considered by us, studied the formation novel in depth the Bildungsroman , this last author focusing on the feminine variant in the Bildungsroman of the 20th century. This study aims at analyzing the novel of the Italian writer Melania Mazzucco Lei così amata. The novel focuses on part of the life of the Swiss writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, therefore it presents all the characteristics of the biographical novel. However, in this study, our main intention is to demonstrate all the features that make this work a formation novel. Through the troubled trajectory lived by the protagonist, we try to recognize, in her journeys around the world, the fundamental features of the formation novel. In particular, based on the Mikhail Bakhtins studies of the chronotope, we analyze the forms in which the time lived in the different continents Asia, America and Africa determine the heroines formative course.

Nel primo capitolo è stato ricostruito il profilo biografico e critico della scrittrice Melania G. Mazzucco ed è stata analizzata la forma romanzo nella sua produzione. Nel secondo capitolo sono state prese in considerazione le peculiarità della sua narrativa: la lunga ricerca documentaria alla base dei romanzi, la caratteristica di scegliere nomi significativi per i propri personaggi e il lavoro sulle soglie del testo. Infine, nell'ultimo capitolo, sono state analizzate le tematiche trasversali e ricorrenti più significative della sua narrativa, come figure di donne ed esuli e il tema della scrittura.

Chapter 4 offers a joint reading of Mohsen Melliti’s 1992 novel Pantanella: Canto lungo la strada and Melania Mazzucco’s 2003 novel Vita. It examines two immigrant spaces related to actual historical events: an abandoned pasta factory occupied by immigrants in Rome and a tenement building located in New York’s Little Italy. The chapter switches from the 1990s to the early 1900s, yet stays focused on the dynamics of tension and cooperation among immigrants living in desperate conditions. The use of Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space on “habiting and use” highlights the unique combination of domestic and economic activities taking place in a residential space inhabited by immigrants (sleeping, eating, selling, exchanging, producing). In intertwining echoes of the three experiences of emigration, immigration, and colonialism, these texts show how the intimate and yet transnational space of immigrant living places preoccupies the local governments for safety and health reasons. Yet, at the same time, these spaces create unique occasions for invention out of the need for immigrants to remember and survive in a new environment.