Demoni del moto, talpe di galleria, donne lunari: il ritorno della magia organicista attraverso l’universo meccanico ferroviario di Stefan Grabiński? Appunti a margine di una traduzione in lingua italiana
Demoni del moto, talpe di galleria, donne lunari: il ritorno della magia organicista attraverso l’universo meccanico ferroviario di Stefan Grabiński? Appunti a margine di una traduzione in lingua italiana

Author(s): Mariagrazia Pelaia
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Stefan Grabiński; Mechanistic worldview; Organic worldview; Carolyn Merchant; Marija Gimbutas; Trains; Moon; Ecology
Summary/Abstract: Hints for a new reading of some tales included in Motion Demon by Stefan Grabiński (based on a selection translated by me into Italian: Il demone del moto 2015), following suggestions from very different fields, places and times. Among others, starting points come from Carolyn Merchant (The Death of Nature) and the Old Europe theory by Marija Gimbutas. An organic worldview coming from a very ancient paradigm and civilization, an image of feminine holiness centered in a cyclical connection to the Moon.From these associations new insight is found in The parable of the tunnel’s mole and in some feminine characters of other Grabiński’s tales, particularly Szamota’s lover (Jadwiga Kalergis) and A chance (Stanisława Łunińska). Are they really reflecting (only) a mysoginous attitude?

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