THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR AND ITS REFLECTIONS IN THE PRESENT ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CINEMA Cover Image

L’ESPERIENZA DELLA GUERRA I E SUOI RIFLESSI NELLA LETTERATURA E NEL CINEMA ITALIANO ODIERNO
THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR AND ITS REFLECTIONS IN THE PRESENT ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CINEMA

Author(s): Mirela Boncea, Ramona Maliţa
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Italian literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Bosnian Serb war; Sarajevo; literature; dramatic events;

Summary/Abstract: The present paper describes the novel of the Italian writer Margaret Mazzantini, Venuto al Mondo, where a series of dramatic events of the Bosnian Serb war and the siege of Sarajevo are illustrated. The novel won the Campiello Prize for literature in 2009, and a year later the movie based on the story, directed by Sergio Castellito, was released.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-29
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Italian