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I mondi distopici di Manuel Moyano: tra microracconto e romanzo
Get PDFProlific author of collections of short stories, microstories and novels, Manuel Moyano has developed over the years a narrative universe characterized by a disenchanted vision of reality and a clear writing in constant balance between a realist representation of facts and the creation of dystopian worlds.This study aims to analyze how Moyano builds worlds parallel to ours starting from the three different literary genres mentioned above: in particular, some passages from the novel El imperio de Yegorov (2014) will be analysed as well as some stories from the collection Los Reinos de Otrora (2019) and some microstories from the Teatro de ceniza collection (2011). Through the creation of these dystopian worlds, Manuel Moyano also elaborates a constant philosophical reflection on time as an unsolvable enigma and as a supporting element of the chronotopes of these different fictitious universes.Autore prolifico di raccolte di racconti, microracconti e romanzi, Manuel Moyano ha elaborato nel corso degli anni un universo narrativo caratterizzato da una visione disincantata della realtà e da una scrittura limpida in costante equilibrio tra una rappresentazione realista dei fatti e la creazione di mondi distopici in cui l’elemento sovrannaturale e fantastico occupano il primo piano.
L’obbiettivo di questo studio consiste nell’analizzare in che modo l’autore costruisce mondi paralleli al nostro a partire dai tre diversi generi letterari succitati: in particolare, verranno analizzati alcuni brani del romanzo El imperio de Yegorov (2014), opera finalista del prestigioso “Premio Herralde de Novela” e scritta “senza narratore” a partire dai documenti che i presunti editori hanno raccolto in un testo che va dal 1968 al 2042; alcuni racconti della raccolta Los Reinos de Otrora (2019); alcuni microracconti della raccolta Teatro de ceniza (2011). Attraverso la creazione di questi mondi distopici Manuel Moyano elabora anche una costante riflessione filosofica sul tempo, in quanto enigma irrisolvibile e in quanto elemento portante dei cronotopi di questi diversi universi fittizi
Cosmogonia arrabalesca: "Pingüinas" o la Creazione secondo Pan
Get PDFCo-founder of the “Panic Movement” Fernando Arrabal created in 2005 a new cosmogony of his theatrical universe in a text, Pingüinas, that merges and mixes space and time, in an alchemic experiment that combines extracts from the works of Miguel de Cervantes with references that go beyond postmodernity. Hybridity and plurality, fiction and fantasy are all essential elements in the artistic vision of this playwright; in this essay, we aim to probe the theatrical modalities with which Arrabal translates, more than forty years after the “Panic Manifesto”, his universe, with the intention not only of studying the possible worlds he proposes through his art, but also trying to investigate the concept proposed by Bauman of “retrotopia”.Fernando Arrabal, co-fondatore del Movimento Panico, crea nel 2005 una nuova cosmogonia del suo universo teatrale in un testo, Pingüinas, che fonde e mescola lo spazio e il tempo, in un esperimento alchemico che unisce le opere di Miguel de Cervantes a riferimenti che vanno oltre la postmodernità. Ibridismo e pluralità, finzione e fantasia sono tutti elementi essenziali nella visione artistica di questo drammaturgo; nel presente studio ci proponiamo di sondare le modalità linguistiche teatrali con cui Arrabal traduce, a più di quarant’anni dal Manifesto Panico, il suo universo, nell’intento non solo di studiare i mondi possibili che propone attraverso la sua arte, ma cercando anche di indagare, alla luce del testo teatrale, il concetto proposto da Bauman di “retrotopia”
Utopie e distopia in 'Mosca' (1926-1932) di Andrej Belyj
Get PDFThe essay analyzes Moscow, the cycle of novels published between 1926 and 1932 in the USSR by the symbolist writer Andrei Bely. The cycle retrospectively recounts the transformations that would lead to the birth of the new Soviet socialist state. Three different utopias in the struggle against the capitalist and bourgeois order identifiable in the cycle of novels are examined: that of the young Lizasha, daughter of the Western businessman and spy Mandro, who dreams of the existence of a “world beyond”, that of the socialist Kierko and that of professor Korobkin, i.e. the utopia of free science and universal order, as well as the inner transfiguration of humanity. The essay intends to show how the first two utopias, which in the course of the narration merge into a single one, are overcome in Bielian narration by the third: spiritual regeneration, and not the achievement of socialism, whose flaws Bely covertly highlights, is the only true evolutionary condition of the spiral of history.Nel saggio si analizza il ciclo di romanzi Mosca pubblicato tra il 1926 e il 1932 in URSS dallo scrittore simbolista Andrej Belyj. Il ciclo, la cui azione si svolge tra il 1913 e il 1917, racconta retrospettivamente le trasformazioni che, tra guerra e rivoluzione, avrebbero portato alla nascita del nuovo stato socialista sovietico.
Vengono prese in esame tre diverse utopie in lotta contro l’ordinamento capitalistico e borghese individuabili nel ciclo di romanzi: quella della giovane Lizaša, figlia dell’affarista e spia occidentale Mandro, che vagheggia l’esistenza di un “mondo di là”, quella del socialista Kierko e quella del professor Korobkin, ossia della scienza libera e dell’ordine universale, nonché della trasfigurazione interiore dell’uomo.
Il saggio intende mostrare come le prime due utopie, che nel corso della narrazione vanno a fondersi in una sola, vengano superate nella narrazione bieliana dalla terza: la rigenerazione spirituale, e non il raggiungimento del socialismo, di cui Belyj mette velatamente in luce le falle, è l’unica vera condizione evolutiva della spirale della storia.
 
Zenobia: la città invisibile. Zanotti, Calvino e le eterotopie
Get PDFPaolo Zanotti, an appreciated scholar of the romance tradition and a brilliant reader of Calvino, was also (and above all) a storyteller. This contribution focuses on first posthumous novel, Il testamento Disney, to show how he managed to unfold his erudition on the page, and to transfigure it by counting on an his imaginative ability and refined technique. This paper will state accurate references to his contemporary essays, in order to identify the theoretical coordinates within which the novel should be framed: alongside the aforementioned Calvino, also Celati, Jameson, Auden, as well as his beloved Stevenson could be named. Just like his favourite writer Cortázar, Zanotti narrates the digressions of a gang of funny and unkempt flâneurs who try to enchant a city that pushed them to the fringe. To achieve it, they resort to any means, through continuous apparitions, nostalgia, ecstasy, rituals, coincidences, and interference from other dimensions. Thus, this essay aims to emphasize Zanotti’s visionary ability, worthy of the best fantastic tradition: like Ariosto invoked by Calvino in the face of the cold Machiavelli, Zanotti knows how to hover above the reality, and to glimpse a lively world in a desolate desert.Paolo Zanotti, apprezzato studioso della tradizione romanzesca e raffinato lettore di Calvino, è stato anche (e innanzitutto) un narratore. Questo contributo si concentra sul suo primo romanzo postumo, Il testamento Disney, del quale vengono citati ampi passi. Lo scopo primario è mostrare in che modo Zanotti arrivi a dispiegare sulla pagina la sua profonda erudizione, riuscendo a trasfigurarla attraverso una mirabile capacità affabulatoria e una tecnica raffinatissima. A tal fine, attraverso puntuali riferimenti alla coeva produzione saggistica, si illustreranno le coordinate teoriche entro le quali è più corretto inquadrare il romanzo: accanto al già citato Calvino, riconosciamo Celati, Jameson, Auden, nonché l’amato Stevenson. Come il suo beniamino Cortázar, Zanotti racconta le divagazioni di una banda di buffi e sgangherati flâneur che, stretti ai margini della città, cercano disperatamente di incantarla. Per riuscirci sono disposti a ricorrere a qualunque mezzo, tra continue apparizioni, nostalgie, estasi, rituali, coincidenze e interferenze da altre dimensioni. Il presente contributo si propone dunque di mostrare e analizzare la mirabile capacità visionaria di Zanotti, degna della migliore tradizione fantastica: come l’Ariosto invocato da Calvino di fronte al freddo Machiavelli, Zanotti sa volteggiare sulla realtà, intravedendo in un deserto desolato un mondo variopinto e brulicante
Sulla soglia dei mondi possibili. Lavagetto e la teoria della letteratura
Get PDFThe aim of the paper is to underline the links between fictional worlds theory and Mario Lavagetto’s critical work. Retracing Lavagetto’s literary theory through some of his essays, the analysis focuses on some key aspects such as thresholds, lies, borders, and blanks, that allow drawing several connections with fictional worlds theory. A specific attention is given to the patterns Lavagetto, as a literary critic, explores in his books with the reader’s help, interpreted as openings towards other possible worlds.L'obiettivo del saggio è evidenziare le connessioni tra la teoria dei mondi possibili e il lavoro critico di Mario Lavagetto. Ripercorrendo l'idea di teoria letteraria di Lavagetto attraverso alcuni dei suoi saggi, l'analisi si concentra su una serie di aspetti chiave, come le soglie, le bugie, i confini, gli spazi bianchi, che permettono diversi collegamenti con la teoria dei mondi di invenzione. Un'attenzione specifica è rivolta agli itinerari che Lavagetto, in quanto critico letterario, esplora nei suoi saggi con la cooperazione del lettore, interpretati come aperture verso altri mondi possibili
«There must be darkness to see the stars»: How contemporary women writers have been queering the way to mixtopic world-making
Get PDFFocussing on a number of literary works in English(es), this article intends to show how contemporary women writers have been enacting the disruption of the polarity not only between the fantastic and the real but also between apocalyptic scenarios and the utopistic urge of subgenres like solarpunk. By embracing the concept of mixtopia, as proposed by Giuliana Misserville, I will thus attempt to prove how, in a world ravaged by climate change and shaped by A.I., several women writers bring to the fore the relevance of a technocritical approach in form and content, queering the material-semiotic nature of sci-fi itself, originally a male-dominated genre, and now a wild land of uncharted territories, full of eco-aware possibilities
Planteamientos de renovación del espacio dramático en el teatro vanguardista de César Vallejo
Get PDFThe dramatic text of a play confirms not only the ideological procedure, but also the aesthetic deliberation of the writer. In that sense, the series of dramatic pieces by César Vallejo, which was rescued and published posthumously, demonstrates the intention to represent the sociopolitical situation of the time and the rigorous care of the dialogic and scenic composition according to the parameters of his own avant-garde perspective. regarding the theatrical experience. Therefore, the article aims to analyze the renewal of Vallejo's avant-garde theater, focused on the category of dramatic space of Los topos, Lock-out and Colacho hermanos. The aim is to verify the existence of a conscious dramatic procedure of the writer-playwright based on his innovative proposal of the place of representation, a space where the cultural behavior of the characters and the socio-political tensions develop during the development of the plot. In other words, the dramatic pieces reveal the displacement between the traditional form (Los topos), the development of new forms of the scenic space (Lock-out) and the realistic fixation based on the convergence between artistic vision and social consciousness (Colacho hermanos).El texto dramático de una obra de teatro deja constatado no solo el proceder ideológico, sino también la deliberación estética del escritor. En ese sentido, la serie de piezas dramáticas de César Vallejo, que fue rescatada y publicada póstumamente, evidencia la intención de representar la situación sociopolítica de la época y el riguroso cuidado de la composición dialógica y escénica conforme a los parámetros de su propia perspectiva vanguardista respecto a la experiencia teatral. Por tanto, el artículo pretende analizar la renovación del teatro vanguardista de Vallejo, centrado en la categoría del espacio dramático de Los topos, Lock-out y Colacho hermanos. Se pretende constatar la existencia de un consciente proceder dramático del literato-dramaturgo a partir de su propuesta innovadora del lugar de representación, espacio donde se desenvuelve el comportamiento cultural de los personajes y las tensiones sociopolíticas durante el desarrollo de la trama. En otros términos, las piezas dramáticas revelan el desplazamiento entre la forma tradicional (Los topos), el desarrollo de las nuevas formas del espacio escénico (Lock-out) y la fijación realista a partir de la convergencia entre la visión artística y la conciencia social (Colacho hermanos)
New Educational Philosophies and Perspectives
Get PDFThe ongoing transformation of society influences and pushes educational institutions to innovate and adapt. This does not necessarily have positive repercussions on the improvement of educational models. New problems and needs arise that require a new type of research, reflection and action. The idea behind my contribution is anchored in decades of experience. This is exactly what I will try to explain without periphrasis: philosophy (and not just the philosophy of education) is no longer interesting today because it seems neither understandable nor useful. Among the various scholars interested in a new perspective, Ikeda creates a truly new, but exquisitely genuine approach. This approach starts from wonder, not from theory, from amazement, from emotion, from everything that is located in the person and it does not need to be translated into a distorting language.The ongoing transformation of society influences and pushes educational institutions to innovate and adapt. This does not necessarily have positive repercussions on the improvement of educational models. New problems and needs arise that require a new type of research, reflection and action. The idea behind my contribution is anchored in decades of experience. This is exactly what I will try to explain without periphrasis: philosophy (and not just the philosophy of education) is no longer interesting today because it seems neither understandable nor useful. Among the various scholars interested in a new perspective, Ikeda creates a truly new, but exquisitely genuine approach. This approach starts from wonder, not from theory, from amazement, from emotion, from everything that is located in the person and it does not need to be translated into a distorting language
Education and Thought
Get PDFThe creative osmosis of education and thought, structured in the hermeneutic plot of the “Truth of Being”, according to the structure of the dialoguing relationship, leads to the authenticity of the educational relationship, which does not appear authentic simply because it happens. However, only it happens if its vital context resides in free consciousness.The creative osmosis of education and thought, structured in the hermeneutic plot of the “Truth of Being”, according to the structure of the dialoguing relationship, leads to the authenticity of the educational relationship, which does not appear authentic simply because it happens. However, only it happens if its vital context resides in free consciousness
Editors' Introduction
Get PDFThe dialogue and discussion between philosophy and education has a long and varied history, both in terms of intra- and interdisciplinary research. This dialogue and discussion has found cause for further strengthening in recent times; and not only for the notable development of innovative technologies and diffusion of “technological culture”. The continuous transformation of society (in its political-cultural orientations, in its new working needs, in its changes in value and sensitivity) influences and pushes educational institutions to innovate and adapt...