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L’Italia repubblicana di Tommaseo tra letteratura e politica
2020
The essay reconstructs the presence and the role of Niccolò Tommaseo (1802-1874) in the Unification of Italy by examining the overall republican vision of Italy through his works, inspired by the ideas of liberal Catholicism. The paragraphs of the article highlight the cultural and political experiences he lived through, both in the years spent in exile in Paris and in the years before and after 1848. Particular attention is paid to the intellectual relationships that link Tommaseo to Florence, where he spends a good part of his life establishing himself as a writer and a patriot committed to national independence, always striving for a balanced relationship between Church and State even af…
“A Stranger in Kevin’s Bed. The Construction of a Literary Stereotype.”
2006
The article examines the way in which a stereotype is given voice in a national literature through the use of language. What are the linguistic strategies employed within the genre of theatre in order to enact the representation of what looks as a simple story of growth and understanding?
Selling Hungarian Fiction in Translation : Agency and Process
2021
This article focuses on the publication of Hungarian fiction in translation, with a special consideration of English as a TL. I argue that the mediation of Hungarian literature, a supply-driven activity, is an interactive social event influenced by factors including power, dominance and economics. I identify the social networks and review the institutional background as well as the process of the selection, translation and publication of Hungarian fiction. I discuss the role of various actors in the mediation of Hungarian literature: Hungarian publishers and literary agents; TL publishers; and translators from Hungarian into English. Besides doing research and conducting interviews with peo…