Return Narratives

Ethnic Space in Late-Twentieth-Century Greek American and Italian American Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Italian, American
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Author: Theodora D. Patrona ISBN: 9781611479959
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Publication: August 29, 2017
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Language: English
Author: Theodora D. Patrona
ISBN: 9781611479959
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publication: August 29, 2017
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Language: English

This book is a comparative study of six Italian American and Greek American literary works written in the three last decades of the 20th century and examined in pairs. Based on the common theme of the authors' return, either metaphorical or literal to the country of origin and its culture, Return Narratives explores the common motifs of mythology, ritual, and storytelling where the third generation writers resort to in their quest for self-definition. With a common historical and cultural background in the old neighboring countries, Greece and Italy, and a similar reception in the new world facilitating a comparative approach, the ethnic writers of the two literatures, clearly envisage ethnic space as a site of resilience and empowerment.

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This book is a comparative study of six Italian American and Greek American literary works written in the three last decades of the 20th century and examined in pairs. Based on the common theme of the authors' return, either metaphorical or literal to the country of origin and its culture, Return Narratives explores the common motifs of mythology, ritual, and storytelling where the third generation writers resort to in their quest for self-definition. With a common historical and cultural background in the old neighboring countries, Greece and Italy, and a similar reception in the new world facilitating a comparative approach, the ethnic writers of the two literatures, clearly envisage ethnic space as a site of resilience and empowerment.

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