Neapolitan tetratology by Elena Ferrante: a female development novel of the 21st century

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/hf.2024.28.e0053

Keywords:

Elena Ferrante-female development novel-feminism-italian literature

Abstract

This article aims to analyse the elements linked to the formative novel in the Elena Ferrants’s neapolitan tetratology that includes the works: My Brilliant Friend (2011), The Story of a New Name (2012), Those who Leave and Those who Stay (2013) and The Story of the Lost Child (2014).

The trajectories of the protagonists of the neapolitan tetratology linked to the literary tradition of what was called the female development novels will be explored with the purpose of identifying the twists and narrative resources that show a break with the female heroines analysed in the 20th century. The purpose of identifying the formal aspects related to the process of formation of female subjects in Ferrante's work is linked to the relevance of her proposal, which subverts the models analysed by feminist literary criticism of the seventies and that raises discussions related to the feminist debates of the 21st century.

Author Biography

María Belén Castano, UBA/CONICET

Phd in Literature from the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (University of Buenos Aires). Thesis: “Writings of melancholy in Natalia Ginzburg and Christa Wolf. A comparative study" under the direction of Dr. Miguel Vedda. Master's degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages ​​and Comparative Literatures from the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature(University of Buenos Aires). Master's degree in Publishing and Communication at Comunika Institute and Palombi Editori (Rome , Italy). Graduate in Political Science from the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Buenos Aires). Since 2021 she is a CONICET postdoctoral fellow. Research topic: "Configurations of family relationships in Elena Ferrante and Julia Franck". She has an ascription in German Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (University of Buenos Aires).

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Published

2024-12-13

How to Cite

Castano, M. B. (2024). Neapolitan tetratology by Elena Ferrante: a female development novel of the 21st century. El Hilo De La Fabula, (28), e0053. https://doi.org/10.14409/hf.2024.28.e0053

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Dos, paseos por los bosques narrativos (un lugar para la ficción)