Abstract
The interest in the comparison between Morante's Menzogna e sortilegio and Di Lascia's Passaggio in ombra is justified by the many similarities evident in particular in the characterization of the daughter-narrators. This analysis focuses on the two daughter-narrators and takes into consideration the function that the body and the concepts of beauty and desire assume in their narration. Use is made of post-Lacanian theories, in order to highlight how the mind/body split of patriarchal tradition, apparent in Menzogna e sortilegio leaves space to more possibilities for a corporeal subjectivity in Passaggio in ombra. Italian feminist philosophy is also drawn upon in the analysis of the body and of desire.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 100-118 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Forum Italicum |
| Volume | 39 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |