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A Classic Work of Italian Literature: Italo Calvino’s Trilogy for Young Readers

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Campagnaro M.

Libri & Liberi

2013

vol. Vol 2

issue No. 1

83-95

During his career as a writer, Calvino achieved a special bond with the children’s universe. He was one of the greatest Italian storytellers for adults who also explored the area of children’s literature and young adult literature and did so with sublime results. In particular, his literary approach is especially inspiring when addressing young adults. The main characters of his Our Ancestors trilogy embody some important qualities of the new contemporary man. The protagonists of The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees and The Nonexistent Knight all live, each in his own way, ‘upside down’, because they break the rules of logic. Their ‘adultness’ is characterized by the actual dimensions of unrest, ‘incompleteness’, indefiniteness, doubt, confusion, and uncertainty about the future, that is, by feelings that deeply define the archetypical elements of youth. Furthermore, their behaviour emphasizes the role of wandering which is considered a viaticum given as a means to access a different quality of life, which is certainly strange, unusual, and extraordinary, but also, precisely because of this extraordinariness, all the more authentic and rewarding. Finally, the search for humanity, differently incarnated by the three respective characters, represents the highest literary and educational values of Calvino’s narratives.

Tijekom svoje spisateljske karijere Calvino je uspostavio posebnu vezu s dječjim svijetom. Bio je jedan od najvećih talijanskih pripovjedača za odrasle čitatelje koji je također istraživao područje dječje književnosti i književnosti za mladež, i to s izvanrednim rezultatima. Njegov je književni izričaj naročito inspirativan kad ga upućuje mladim čitateljima. Glavni likovi njegove trilogije Naši preci uključuju važne značajke novoga suvremenoga čovjeka. Protagonisti romana Raspolovljeni viskont, Barun penjač i Nepostojeći vitez žive, svaki na svoj način, ‘naopako’ jer krše logičke zakone. Njihova je ‘odraslost’ obilježena danas aktualnim obilježjima nemira, ‘necjelovitosti’, neodređenosti, dvojbe, zbunjenosti i nesigurnosti o budućnosti, tj. osjećajima koji dubinski određuju arhetipske sastavnice mladosti. Nadalje, njihovo ponašanje ističe važnost lutanja koje se smatra pomašću danom kako bi se dostigla drukčija kakvoća života, a koja je svakako čudna, neobična i iznimna. Međutim, upravo zbog te iznimnosti, još je u većoj mjeri vjerodostojna i zadovoljavajuća. Konačno, potraga za humanošću, na različite načine utjelovljena u trima spomenutim likovima, predstavlja najviše književne i odgojne vrijednosti Calvinovih pripovijedi.

In seiner schriftstellerischen Laufbahn baute Italo Calvino eine besondere Beziehung zur Welt der Kinder und Jugendlichen auf. Er war nicht nur einer der erfolgreichsten italienischen Erzähler für Erwachsene, sondern bereicherte ebenso den Bereich der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Insbesondere erscheint seine literarische Ausdrucksweise für junge Leser außerordentlich inspirierend. Die Hauptgestalten seiner Trilogie Unsere Vorfahren verkörpern Wesenszüge des zeitgenössischen Menschen. Die Protagonisten aus seinen Romanen Der geteilte Visconte, Der Baron auf den Bäumen und Der Ritter, den es nicht gab leben – jeder auf seine Weise – ‚verkehrt’, weil sie gegen logische Gesetze verstoßen. Ihr ‚Erwachsensein’ ist von den modernen Gefühlen der Unruhe, der ‚Unganzheitlichkeit’, der Unbestimmtheit, des Zweifels, der Verwirrung und der Zukunftsunsicherheit geprägt, d.h. von Gefühlen, welche archetypisch für die Jugend stehen. In den Verhaltensweisen der Protagonisten spielt ferner das Wandern als eine Art von Salbung eine wichtige Rolle, durch die eine andere Qualität des Lebens erzielbar ist. Mag dieses Qualität auch fremd, ungewöhnlich und außerordentlich erscheinen, so ist sie jedoch gerade dank ihrer Außergewöhnlichkeit noch authentischer und lohnender. Nicht zuletzt stellt die anhand der drei erwähnten Gestalten auf unterschiedliche Weise verkörperte Suche nach Humanität die höchsten literarischen und erzieherischen Werte in Calvins Erzählgut dar.

Christa Wolf und Heinz Piontek vor der Wende. Eine Vergleichsstudie

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Jarosz-Sienkiewicz E.

Orbis Linguarum

2018

issue 51

631-646

Heinz Piontek and Christa Wolf before the turnaround. A comparative study. The article is a comparative study. The aims of the study is to analyze the essays written by Heinz Piontek and Christa Wolf before the turnaround, mainly in the 1970’, and to discuss the similarities and differences between them. We can notice some points of contact in their literary work. Similar motives in similar constellations appear in both essays writing. Although they worked in different regimes, the same themes and literary tendencies are described by both of them, and some phenomenons are being similar assessed.

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A Classic Work of Italian Literature: Italo Calvino’s Trilogy for Young Readers

Christa Wolf und Heinz Piontek vor der Wende. Eine Vergleichsstudie