Verso una ricerca identitaria al femminile in “L’età del malessere” di Dacia Maraini Verso una ricerca identitaria al femminile in “L’età del malessere” di Dacia Maraini
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ABSTRACT: Writing allows the woman to express herself and talk about her life by emphasizing her interiority. Unlike the other female literatures (English or French for example), the Italian one has been for a long time put in the shadow of “men”. In Italy, the interest in the writing of women was born in the second half of the twentieth century thanks to the feminist movement and the feminine literary criticism. In this article, we study “L’età del malessere”; a novel written by Dacia Maraini who is one of the most known Italian feminists and intellectuals. The main purpose of this study is to show how Dacia Maraini manages to deal with the theme of female identity through her protagonist “Enrica”. The writer highlights both the family and the social context in which Enrica grows because they affect the process of building her identity. Eventually, Enrica gains her identity by gaining her freedom after various vital and bodily experiences.
RIASSUNTO: La scrittura permette alla donna di esprimersi e di parlare della sua vita mettendo in risalto la sua interiorità. A differenza delle altre letterature femminili (inglese o francese per esempio), quella italiana è stata per molto tempo messa all’ombra “maschile”. In Italia, l’interesse per la scrittura delle donne nasce nella seconda metà del XX secolo grazie al movimento femminista e alla critica letteraria a firma femminile. In quest’articolo, studiamo “L’età del malessere”; un romanzo scritto Dacia Maraini che è una delle più famose femministe e intellettuali italiane. Lo scopo principale di questo nostro studio è di mostrare come Dacia Maraini riesce a trattare il tema dell’identità femminile mediante la sua protagonista “Enrica”. La scrittrice mette in evidenza sia il contesto familiare sia quello sociale in cui cresce Enrica perché influiscono sul processo di costruzione della sua identità. Alla fine, Enrica conquista la propria identità ottenendo la sua libertà dopo varie esperienze vitali e corporali.
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