Comparative Approaches to Elena Ferrante: Traumas, Bodies, Languages

Wehling-Giorgi, Katrin; Rousseva, Stiliana Milkova

Abstract

The introduction to this Special Issue lays out the rationale for analysing Elena Ferrante’s novels through a comparative perspective, in relation to works by Anglophone, French, and Italian authors. The editors first situate Ferrante’s writing within world literature, underlining the extensive intertextual network contained within and generated by her novels. Next, drawing on trauma studies, the introduction proposes trauma as a multidisciplinary interpretive lens for approaching Ferrante’s cultural production as a compelling site of traumatic expression. The introduction concludes by outlining the articles in the Special Issue with their specific theoretical and comparative frameworks, stressing their contributions to the larger conversations about world literature, women’s writing, and the global burgeoning of female literary genealogies.

Citation

Wehling-Giorgi, K., & Rousseva, S. M. (2023). Comparative Approaches to Elena Ferrante: Traumas, Bodies, Languages. Romance Studies, 41(4), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/02639904.2024.2311517

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 25, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 28, 2024
• Publication Date: 2023-12
• Deposit Date: Jul 15, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 15, 2024
• Journal: Romance Studies
• Print ISSN: 0263-9904
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-8153
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 241-247
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02639904.2024.2311517
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2599122