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dc.identifier	ECF_article_297
dc.title	From Galileo to Aldo Moro. Italian Imagery in Contemporary New Zealand Literature
dc.contributor.author	Della Valle Paola
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/english-literature/2016/1numero-monografico/from-galileo-to-aldo-moro/
dc.description.abstract	Italian images and symbols are numerous in contemporary New Zealand literature. A basic distinction must however be drawn between Pākehā writers, that is, New Zealanders of European origin, and writers belonging to the indigenous minority: the Māori. Italy has aroused a different emotional response and its imagery has served (or not) a political purpose according to the author’s affiliation to the group of the colonizers or that of the colonised. In this article I will analyse how Italian images are employed by two living Māori writers, Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace, and by a Pākehā poet, Allen Curnow, passed away in 2001. In particular, I will focus on whether these images pertain to a common system of values and on the extent to which they are functional to the dominant discourse or constitute a means of subversion of it.
dc.relation.ispartof	English Literature
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| December 2016
dc.issued	2016-12-23
dc.dateAccepted	2016-08-05
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2420-823X
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2420-823X/EL-3-16-7
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Aldo Moro
dc.subject	Aldo Moro
dc.subject	Allen Curnow
dc.subject	Allen Curnow
dc.subject	Galileo
dc.subject	Galileo
dc.subject	Patricia Grace
dc.subject	Patricia Grace
dc.subject	Witi Ihimaera
dc.subject	Witi Ihimaera

Research Article
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Italian Imagery in Contemporary New Zealand Literature

Paola Della Valle Università degli Studi di Torino, Italia

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abstract

Italian images and symbols are numerous in contemporary New Zealand literature. A basic distinction must however be drawn between Pākehā writers, that is, New Zealanders of European origin, and writers belonging to the indigenous minority: the Māori. Italy has aroused a different emotional response and its imagery has served (or not) a political purpose according to the author’s affiliation to the group of the colonizers or that of the colonised. In this article I will analyse how Italian images are employed by two living Māori writers, Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace, and by a Pākehā poet, Allen Curnow, passed away in 2001. In particular, I will focus on whether these images pertain to a common system of values and on the extent to which they are functional to the dominant discourse or constitute a means of subversion of it.

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Dec. 23, 2016

Accepted

Aug. 5, 2016

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Keywords: Patricia Grace • Witi Ihimaera • Galileo • Allen Curnow • Aldo Moro

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