Zanurzenie w mieście jako remedium na pustkę w twórczości Giovanniego Agnoloniego

• Authors: Karolina Kopańska

Title variants

EN

Plunging into the city as a remedy for emptiness in the work of Giovanni Agnoloni

Abstracts

EN

In the article Plunging into the city as a remedy for emptiness in the work of Giovanni Agnoloni, Karolina Kopańska analyzes the experience of emptiness resulting from traumatic personal experiences (death of a loved one, separation, disappearance) in an urban space. The purpose of the chapter is to try to zoom in on the relationship that connects man and city. Numerous studies in this area suggest a close relationship and mutual penetration, in which the city and man become a common space of experience. The author proposes that plunging into the city can help with feelings of loss. As a case study, the author analyzes the work of the Italian writer Giovanni Agnoloni (Sentieri di notte, Il sepolcro del nuovo incontro, Viale dei silenzi), who deals with the subject of experiencing emptiness in the city in almost all of his novels. Agnoloni's city is a post-modern city, a dystopian landscape of abandoned places, covered in fog or in the chaos of daily traffic. This image of the city is in harmony with the broken psyche of heroes in despair. Nevertheless, going to the city creates a chance for a new beginning for the heroes. In the article, the author first focuses on the micro space of the city, which is home – here understood as a synonym of isolation and closure. Next, she considers the role of the city as a storage for memories. Finally, she determines where the characters from Agnoloni's novel draw their energy from. The author describes the process of passing the experience of emptiness in an urban space and indicates the role of the city in this process.

Keywords

EN

Giovanni Agnoloni; dystopia; urban; experience; experience of emptiness

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
• Journal: Facta Ficta. Journal of Theory, Narrative & Media
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 85-102

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Karolina Kopańska

• Uniwersytet Gdański

• https://orcid.org/0000000186480153

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

1986401