Тялото в италианската литература на ХX век: Случаят „Анна Мария Ортезе“
Body in Twentieth-Century Italian Literature: Anna Maria Ortese’s Case

Summary/Abstract: The question of body as a construct in the Italian literary context has not been analysed in a systematic way. The ideological background that gave rise to the literary and aesthetic movements from 1950s on has been continuously discussed. But we cannot say the same for the repetition of a previous culturally determined model, for observations of its change with a certain degree of ‘renovation’ influenced by the period. In addition, culture, which is directly shaped by the ideological and in close relation to the literary, according to the perception of the social psychologist Hofstede is understood as ‘collective program ming of the mind’ (Hofstede, 1984). The present study aims to make an interdisciplinary reading of the body in the novels of the Italian writer Anna Maria Ortese. The concept will be regarded as a literary, philo- sophical and social notion. The oppositions individualism - collectivism, high - low power distance, security - insecurity, masculinity - femininity, long-term - short-term time orientation, satisfaction - dissatisfaction will be analyzed with regard to the identity, strengthening it through repetition. The research question is whether human body in literature, and in particular that one of main characters in Italian novels during the second half of XX century, represented through Anna Maria Ortese’s work, is a repetition of the stereotyped model, what is the degree of renewal that distinguishes it, whether parallels can be made between the construct in the Italian literary plan and in others.

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