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Un altro mare di Claudio Magris. Al confine tra la scrittura diurna e la scrittura notturna

Publication date: 10.09.2012

Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 12 (2012), Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 190 - 201

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843917RC.12.012.0729

Authors

Natalia Chwaja
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Titles

Un altro mare di Claudio Magris. Al confine tra la scrittura diurna e la scrittura notturna

Abstract

A Different Sea by Claudio Magris. On the Border between the Diurnal and the Nocturnal Writing
The aim of the article is to illustrare and to explain the special position of the short novel A Diffrent Sea (1991) among all the works by Claudio Magris. The border motif, typical, in fact, for the whole author’s literary production, turns out to be very helpful in the analysys of the novel. In this particular case, the motifs presence is highly evident and dominant. The novelists attempt to reconstruct the life of Enrico Mreule, a protagonist that seeks to reach the state of Michelstaedter’s persuasion, leads to the creation of a biography of a man living “on the border”: a border between life and death, between defeat and fulfillment, between two famous Magris’ cathegories: utopia and disenchantment. Another important feature of the novel is it’s hybridity, which can be seen best from the perspective of Magris’ whole literary work. The diurnal an the nocturnal trend of writing, highlighted by Magris (and indicated by critics in his single works), are mixed together in A Different Sea, and their skillful counterpoint makes the book romanzo del confine, a novel of the border par excellence.

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Information

Information: Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 12 (2012), Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 190 - 201

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Un altro mare di Claudio Magris. Al confine tra la scrittura diurna e la scrittura notturna

English:

Un altro mare di Claudio Magris. Al confine tra la scrittura diurna e la scrittura notturna

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 10.09.2012

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Natalia Chwaja (Author) - 100%

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