AL DI LÀ DELLA REALTÀ. PAOLA MASINO E LA MATERNITÀ IN “FIGLIO”

Authors

  • MILAGRO MARTÍN-CLAVIJO Universidad de Salamanca

Keywords:

Paola Masino, Racconto grosso e altri, motherhood, fascism, becoming, shadow

Abstract

In the short story “Figlio” (Racconto grosso e altri, 1941), the Italian writer Paola Masino develops the theme of motherhood from a twofold approach: on the one hand, by referring to the hardship of abortion in the Fascist period and, on the other hand, by using strategies of the fantastic – such as the double, the shadow, and the mirror – to deal with the protagonist’s trauma of the abortion and the unborn child’s materialisation. The analysis draws upon psychological and psychoanalytic studies and the philosophical theory of becoming.

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Published

2021-09-21

How to Cite

MARTÍN-CLAVIJO, M. (2021). AL DI LÀ DELLA REALTÀ. PAOLA MASINO E LA MATERNITÀ IN “FIGLIO”. Italian Studies in South Africa, 34(1), 100–128. Retrieved from http://api.org.za/index.php/issa/article/view/177