nr 1 (1) 2019

The South Tyrol’s peculiarities in contemporary italian literature: the case of Eva dorme by Francesca Melandri

PixAlberti Unknown, Giulia Kamińska Di Giannantonio, nr 1 (1) 2019, Varia

The article deals with the subject of the South Tyrol’s peculiarities in Francesca Melandri’s
debut novel Eva dorme (Eve sleeps, 2011). The author presents the most important
characteristics of the region – the multilingualism of province, lack of understanding
between the different ethnic groups, relationships with newcomers, reciprocal stereotypes
and the legal separation of italian- and german-speaking groups. The novel is an
interesting and original position on italian publishing market (due to a subject of novel)
but it represents a conservative attempt to the problem of local identity and didactics
aspiration to approach a less well-known part of country to the italian reader.

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Apulia a land to discover. A travel with Kazimiera Alberti

PixAlberti Unknown, Articles and Studies, nr 1 (1) 2019, Rosalba Satalino

The goal of this article is to show one of the travelogue of the series Italia celebre
e sconosciuta (Famous and unknown Italy) by Kazimiera Alberti: Segreti di Puglia
(Apulia’s secrets). It is a kind of travel discovering the secrets of Apulian land. The author
expresses all the admiration for the landscapes, but above all for the monuments of
this region. The history, architecture, myths and legends enrich the pages of her book.
She encourages the reader to visit Apulia, revealing only some of her mysteries. Next
to Kazimiera Alberti and her husband, we start the exploration of what this land has
to offer to the visitors.

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Between The Mouth of Italy and the Nervi banks. The case of Kazimiera Alberti

PixAlberti Unknown, Articles and Studies, Janina Janas, nr 1 (1) 2019

The article conjoins several interpretative perspectives. The first one focuses on Kazimiera Alberti’s volume of poetry entitled Usta Italji [The Mouth of Italy] published in the 1930s, in which Alberti unconsciously predicts her future. Her poetic excursions into Italian cities, enhanced by autothematic tropes, reveal the writerly-feminine subjectivity. What the biographical discourse delineates there is the frame for affective experiences, such as melancholy, sadness, and passion.

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„The Aristocracy of the Poor”, or Kazimiera Alberti’s narrative about the Rejected

PixAlberti Unknown, Articles and Studies, Karolina Pospiszil, nr 1 (1) 2019

The paper focuses on an undercurrent analysis of social problems present in almost all Kazimiera Alberti’s work written in an interwar period. A kind of “hierarchy” of people suffering from social, economic, ethnic and gender inequality is evident in Alberti’s works. This “hierarchy” could be considered as hell circles, although a gradation of pain and misery depends on a level of social rejection, not on committed sins. Alberti puts cultural and ethnic hybrids in the deepest circle of hell – those people are perceived as others/aliens (and often not as human beings) by both (or more) cultures/communities, they are “made” from.

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Buttressless. Re-reading of The Decried Ghetto

PixAlberti Unknown, Articles and Studies, Halina Magiera, nr 1 (1) 2019

The paper is an attempt to analyse and interpret one of Kazimiera Alberti’s novel, The Decried Ghetto / Ghetto potępione, using new theoretical tools and methodology, i.a. Derrida’s deconstruction and feminist approach. The novel’s main character, Róża Grünszpann, not only torments herself with self-reproach and her own prejudices towards ethnic group, she came from – she also struggles with gender perception. These three factors are inseparably connected. Hence, Róża – by helping people from her childhood home, the ghetto – tries to manage her own fears, repulsion and identity issues.

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