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«Odio finanche la lingua che si parla». Power and freedom in Vincenzo Consolo's Nottetempo, casa per casa
85-95Views:80The essay studies the relationships between the novel Nottetempo, casa per casa and the linguistic considerations disseminated by Consolo in other texts. Consolo does not limit himself to criticising the language of fascism but broadens his critical analysis to the language of power as such and the languages of opposition, when they are tainted by empty rhetoric. In this sense, the protagonist’s final escape also takes on a palingenetic value from a political point of view
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How Socialism is Built: Metaphor and Ideological Interpretation in Nicolae Ceaușescu's Interviews for the Italian Press
34-48Views:157Using the tridimensional model of metaphor in communication (Steen 2008) multidisciplinary perspective (Musloff 2012, Steen 2011) in which cognitive notions are accompanied by political discourse analysis principles, this analysis aims to qualitatively describe the metaphors in the interviews fot the Italian press released between 1971 and 1981 by Nicolae Ceaușescu, a period in which the Romanian President had a notable international position. We will study the shorthand notes and the translations in Italian of five interviews published by the Italian newspapers «l’Unità» (Boffa 1971 and 1973), «Il Popolo» (Pellegrini 1978 and 1981), and «Corriere della Sera» (Petta 1981).
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Egalitarian utopias and enlightened reformism in Domenico Tempio's La Carestia
17-30Views:130La Carestia of the Sicilian poet Domenico Tempio is an allegorical satirical poem that fits into the tradition of southern enlightened reformism, feeding the utopia of peace and social egalitarianism. The article analyzes some frame of the work to grasp the thrust for the renewal of eighteenth-century poetry, through a stylistic use of the poetic language that oscillates between coloriture markedly expressionist and equally visible traces of formal classicism.