Memory and history in the postcolonial narrations of Regina di fiori e di perle by Gabriella Ghermandi and Memorie di una principessa etiope by Martha Nasibù Cover Image

Memoria e storia nelle narrazioni postcoloniali di Regina di fiori e di perle di Gabriella Ghermandi e Memorie di una principessa etiope di Martha Nasibù
Memory and history in the postcolonial narrations of Regina di fiori e di perle by Gabriella Ghermandi and Memorie di una principessa etiope by Martha Nasibù

Author(s): Barbara Kornacka
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: memory; history; postcolonial narrative; Gabriella Ghermandi; Martha Nasibù;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show how the setting out of the narrative voice determines the historical discourse. The analysis of the narrative voice leads to some considerations about memory and to the examination of recollection in these two novels. That, in turn, allows an exploration of the way in which the historical discourse is constructed. In those cases where the voice in the historical discourse is given to subaltern subjects, they contribute to a more plural history.

  • Issue Year: 17/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 30-42
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Italian