Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 41 | 109 | 2018
Research Article | Italy and Argentina. Contemporary Novels Narrate Nineteenth-Century Migrations

Italy and Argentina. Contemporary Novels Narrate Nineteenth-Century Migrations

Abstract

It is only after the last years of the last century that the Italian and Argentine narratives have reconsidered migratory themes. This article compares two novels, Mar de olvido (1992) by the Argentine Rubén Tizziani and Tango alla fine del mondo (2013) by the Italian Diego Cugia, who share a common plot: the saga of an Italian family forced to emigrate to Argentina braided with an icon of argentinity such as tango. The analysis aims to show how a common interest and the use of analogous themes give rise to literary products aesthetically and ideologically very different. Historical circumstances, national origin, different writers intentions and readership shape literary results and national reception.


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Submitted: May 20, 2017 | Accepted: June 22, 2017 | Published June 11, 2018 | Language: es

Keywords Italia • Argentina • Contemporary literature • Migration • Tizziani • Cugia

Copyright © 2018 Ilaria Magnani. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2018/10/004


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