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Smarginatura: The Art And Politics Of Elena Ferrante, Ryan A. Lillestrand Oct 2023

Smarginatura: The Art And Politics Of Elena Ferrante, Ryan A. Lillestrand

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

In the Neapolitan Quartet, a sprawling epic following the lives of two women in post-war Italy, the author, Elena Ferrante, explores the intimate relationship between politics and art, pushing at the borders we often construct between the two. At a particularly critical moment in the novels, the central character, Elena Greco, a poor girl from Naples who rises to the position of a successful novelist, is told by her more politically radical friends that she is not doing enough, that “this, objectively, is not the moment for writing novels.” But then, when is? The current political climate in Italy is …


Condé: The Politics Of Gender And Identity, Marie-Denise Shelton Jan 1993

Condé: The Politics Of Gender And Identity, Marie-Denise Shelton

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

Today, in the French-speaking Caribbean, in the domain of theory, a choice is presented among three terms: africanité, créolitém and antillanité. As with any option which presents itself in exclusive forms, this choice is embedded in the complex antagonisms of contemporary Caribbean politics.


Review: Moi, Tituba, Sorcière...Noire De Salem, Marie-Denise Shelton Jan 1987

Review: Moi, Tituba, Sorcière...Noire De Salem, Marie-Denise Shelton

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

Maryse Condè, l'une des romancières les plus importantes de la littérature antillaise, est un écrivain que passionne l'histoire. Elle en a fourni la preuve avec Segou, oeuvre remarquable qui nous fait revivre une ère mouvementée du passé africain. Elle l'a réaffirmé avec deux courts récits publiés sous le titre Pays Mêlé qui saisissent sur le vif les contradictions de l'histoire contemporaine des Caraibes. Moi, Tituba, sorcière...noire de Salem, son dernier livre, est un projet qui tient du défi: remplir par un travail de création et d'invention un vide de l'histoire. Le livre, nous est-il précisé, est une …