Tra memoria e formazione: sull ’identità familiare in Tra due mari di Carmine Abate
Between memory and se lf-formation: about familiar identity in Tra due mari [Between Two Seas] by Carmine Abate

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article entitled “Between memory and self-formation: about familiar identity in Tra due mari [Between Two Seas] by Carmine Abate” is to explore the motif of familiar identity in the above-mentioned novel. The article is divided into four parts, the main two being devoted to identity in the light of the role of memory and self-formation. Regarded as one of the most famous Italian contemporary writers, in 2012 Abate received Italy’s Campiello Prize for his novel La collina del vento [The Windy Hill]. It is worth noting that in his fiction Abate explores many aspects that are typical of migrant literature such as the journey motif, linguistic barriers, and, above all, a feeling of non- -belonging to the host culture. Delineating in Tra due mari the story of the Bellusci family, the author presents the influence that the past and self- formation has on identity.

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