BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news363@dslw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210218T171100 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210309T130000 SUMMARY:From E.M. Forster to Harlequin Short Contemporaries: The Making of Italy in Anglophone Literary and Popular Fiction DESCRIPTION:This project explores the literary construction and representat ion of Italian otherness in Anglophone literary and popular fiction from t he beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. It sets itself t he goals of challenging and problematizing the politics of identity centre d on a North-South divide that shapes the collective imaginary of our time \, while also questioning preconceived notions of what constitutes ‘lite rature worth reading.’\\r\\nDesigned as an assessment of the depiction o f Italian culture in modern and contemporary Anglophone literature\, this work will engage in a discursive analysis of significant instances of cano nized modern and contemporary Anglophone texts (by E.M. Forster\, Daphne d u Maurier\, Ian McEwan\, Sarah Hall) as well as particularly commercial br ands of Anglophone popular fiction (historical romance novels\, Harlequin short contemporaries\, Harlequin manga). The main theoretical assumption a t the basis of this approach is that highly diverse texts\, meant for diff erent audiences\, can be worthy venues of inquiry into processes of identi ty formation and cultural representation. My research will highlight the p rocess by which cultures are taxonomically perceived and organized within a global context. Awareness of such a process will contribute to question\ , rather than reiterate\, established hierarchies between the European Nor th and South as well as preconceived notions of high and popular literatur e.\\r\\nIf you would like to listen to this talk\, please contact Dr. Fran cesca Pierini (francesca.pierini@unibas.ch [mailto:francesca.pierini@uniba s.ch]) to obtain the necessary Zoom link. X-ALT-DESC:

This project explores the literary construction and represent ation of Italian otherness in Anglophone literary and popular fiction from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. It sets itself the goals of challenging and problematizing the politics of identity cent red on a North-South divide that shapes the collective imaginary of our ti me\, while also questioning preconceived notions of what constitutes ‘li terature worth reading.’

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Designed as an assessment of the depict ion of Italian culture in modern and contemporary Anglophone literature\, this work will engage in a discursive analysis of significant instances of canonized modern and contemporary Anglophone texts (by E.M. Forster\, Dap hne du Maurier\, Ian McEwan\, Sarah Hall) as well as particularly commerci al brands of Anglophone popular fiction (historical romance novels\, Harle quin short contemporaries\, Harlequin manga). The main theoretical assumpt ion at the basis of this approach is that highly diverse texts\, meant for different audiences\, can be worthy venues of inquiry into processes of i dentity formation and cultural representation. My research will highlight the process by which cultures are taxonomically perceived and organized wi thin a global context. Awareness of such a process will contribute to ques tion\, rather than reiterate\, established hierarchies between the Europea n North and South as well as preconceived notions of high and popular lite rature.

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If you would like to listen to this talk\, please contact Dr. Francesca Pierini (francesca.pierini@unibas.ch< /a>) to obtain the necessary Zoom link.

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