Talks by Alice Franzon
International workshop, 24th June 2019, University of Leeds
ItaLeeds. A Tale of Love and Hate. Reception, Interaction and Rejection in the Italy-UK Relations... more ItaLeeds. A Tale of Love and Hate. Reception, Interaction and Rejection in the Italy-UK Relationship (University of Leeds, 7 June 2018).
Seminar for the Dante Alighieri Society of Birmingham (University of Birmingham, 29 May 2018)
Memory Studies in Modern Europe (Yale University, Johns Hopkins University) - Representations of ... more Memory Studies in Modern Europe (Yale University, Johns Hopkins University) - Representations of Resistance and the Shoah in Post-War Italy (Yale University, April 18 2018)
SIS Themed Conference 2018 - Resistance in Italian Culture: Literature, Film and Politics (5-6 Ap... more SIS Themed Conference 2018 - Resistance in Italian Culture: Literature, Film and Politics (5-6 April 2018, University of Sussex)
Society for Italian Studies Biennial Conference 2017
University of Hull
June 27-30 2017
Since 19... more Society for Italian Studies Biennial Conference 2017
University of Hull
June 27-30 2017
Since 1945, there have been various literary representations of the Italian Resistance, often conveying the popular, cultural and political discourses of the particular era in which they were written. Yet to write about the Resistance meant for the authors the necessity of dealing with the construction of, and changes in, the public memory of this national myth. Those novels that have received the most acclaim, both from critics and general readers alike, stand out for their anti-rhetorical depiction of the Resistance. This literary canon, which includes authors such as Italo Calvino, Cesare Pavese, Luigi Meneghello and Beppe Fenoglio, portrays the Italian Resistance in non-celebratory, ironic and even critical terms. The anti-rhetorical nature of the novels is established by a precise system of intrinsic formal and thematic elements, which nonetheless cannot be considered independently of the cultural and political debates surrounding the Resistance from the 1940s to the present day.
By focusing on specific case studies I will investigate the most evident of these anti-rhetorical narrative strategies: the representation of anti-heroes. In particular, I will analyse those passages of the novels that portray the most unheroic moments of the partisan experience. I will then underline the authors’ attempts to counterbalance the excess of anti-rhetoric, delineating the strategies they employ to avoid diminishing the importance of the Resistance. Ultimately, I will argue that through the creation of the anti-hero character, these novels overcome the myth of the partisan hero and figure forth a more accessible and realistic ethical model.
Education and Re-Education. Luigi Meneghello's Schooling in Fascist Italy - University of Reading... more Education and Re-Education. Luigi Meneghello's Schooling in Fascist Italy - University of Reading, 6th May 2016
University of Durham, Leeds and Manchester Joint PGR Day, University of Leeds, 13 November 2015
Conference Organisation by Alice Franzon
9th December 2016 - University of Leeds
Keynotes: Pierpaolo Antonello and Alessandra Diazzi
Other by Alice Franzon
by Ambra Moroncini, Daragh O'Connell, Olivia Santovetti, Lorenza Gianfrancesco, Chiara De Caprio, Nicoletta Mandolini, Daniel Raffini, Serena Vandi, Paolo Saporito, Olmo Calzolari, Carlotta Mazzoncini, Arianna Bove, Stefano Serafini, Alice Franzon, Paolo Gervasi, Maria Rita Mastropaolo, Alessandra Pellegrini De Luca, Corrado Claverini, Maria Bonaria Urban, Luca Marcozzi, Silvia Ross, and Stefano Jossa This conference will explore the theme of resistance in Italy looking at the literature, politics... more This conference will explore the theme of resistance in Italy looking at the literature, politics and aesthetics of innovation and subversion in Italian culture from Dante to the present. Whilst we hope to re-examine what one might designate as the classical Resistance (1943-45), we are equally interested in examining the ideas and practices challenging domineering tradition, illegitimate power and status hierarchies from early modern Italy up to now.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/newsandevents/italianstudiesconference
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Talks by Alice Franzon
University of Hull
June 27-30 2017
Since 1945, there have been various literary representations of the Italian Resistance, often conveying the popular, cultural and political discourses of the particular era in which they were written. Yet to write about the Resistance meant for the authors the necessity of dealing with the construction of, and changes in, the public memory of this national myth. Those novels that have received the most acclaim, both from critics and general readers alike, stand out for their anti-rhetorical depiction of the Resistance. This literary canon, which includes authors such as Italo Calvino, Cesare Pavese, Luigi Meneghello and Beppe Fenoglio, portrays the Italian Resistance in non-celebratory, ironic and even critical terms. The anti-rhetorical nature of the novels is established by a precise system of intrinsic formal and thematic elements, which nonetheless cannot be considered independently of the cultural and political debates surrounding the Resistance from the 1940s to the present day.
By focusing on specific case studies I will investigate the most evident of these anti-rhetorical narrative strategies: the representation of anti-heroes. In particular, I will analyse those passages of the novels that portray the most unheroic moments of the partisan experience. I will then underline the authors’ attempts to counterbalance the excess of anti-rhetoric, delineating the strategies they employ to avoid diminishing the importance of the Resistance. Ultimately, I will argue that through the creation of the anti-hero character, these novels overcome the myth of the partisan hero and figure forth a more accessible and realistic ethical model.
Conference Organisation by Alice Franzon
Other by Alice Franzon
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/newsandevents/italianstudiesconference
University of Hull
June 27-30 2017
Since 1945, there have been various literary representations of the Italian Resistance, often conveying the popular, cultural and political discourses of the particular era in which they were written. Yet to write about the Resistance meant for the authors the necessity of dealing with the construction of, and changes in, the public memory of this national myth. Those novels that have received the most acclaim, both from critics and general readers alike, stand out for their anti-rhetorical depiction of the Resistance. This literary canon, which includes authors such as Italo Calvino, Cesare Pavese, Luigi Meneghello and Beppe Fenoglio, portrays the Italian Resistance in non-celebratory, ironic and even critical terms. The anti-rhetorical nature of the novels is established by a precise system of intrinsic formal and thematic elements, which nonetheless cannot be considered independently of the cultural and political debates surrounding the Resistance from the 1940s to the present day.
By focusing on specific case studies I will investigate the most evident of these anti-rhetorical narrative strategies: the representation of anti-heroes. In particular, I will analyse those passages of the novels that portray the most unheroic moments of the partisan experience. I will then underline the authors’ attempts to counterbalance the excess of anti-rhetoric, delineating the strategies they employ to avoid diminishing the importance of the Resistance. Ultimately, I will argue that through the creation of the anti-hero character, these novels overcome the myth of the partisan hero and figure forth a more accessible and realistic ethical model.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/newsandevents/italianstudiesconference