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Unspeakable Things Spoken: Legacies of Transgenerational Trauma in Toni Morrison, Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante’s Works (2023)
Journal Article
Wehling-Giorgi, K. (2023). Unspeakable Things Spoken: Legacies of Transgenerational Trauma in Toni Morrison, Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante’s Works. Romance Studies, 41(4), 248-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/02639904.2024.2311516

This article proposes to investigate a transnational lineage of female-authored trauma narratives that centre on how overarching power structures affect the lives of women. My line of inquiry traces the legacy of transgenerational and socially transm... Read More about Unspeakable Things Spoken: Legacies of Transgenerational Trauma in Toni Morrison, Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante’s Works.

Comparative Approaches to Elena Ferrante: Traumas, Bodies, Languages (2023)
Journal Article
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

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 withi... Read More about Comparative Approaches to Elena Ferrante: Traumas, Bodies, Languages.