Starting from sociological studies of Bachelard and Durand about the shadow, the aim of this article is to re-read the works of some twentieth-century women writers that worked in the silence of their solitude, in the narrow space of their attics, promoting social change. This article aims at a different analysis of the writing space of new authors, building on Gilbert and Gubar’s insights: the examples of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and the Austrian Marlen Haushofer. Moreover, taking up bell hooks' reflections on the praise of the margin, the shadow is explored as a site of cultural production where silenced voices found expression and visibility. The intent is re-reading the role of intimate spaces in the light of feminist movements: as a place of resistance and creativity. The attics and private rooms of women writers become laboratories of literary and social innovation, despite the interference of patriarchal social norms and expectations.
Luci nell’ombra: scrittrici in soffitta tra creazione e resistenza
Federica Guida
2024-01-01
Abstract
Starting from sociological studies of Bachelard and Durand about the shadow, the aim of this article is to re-read the works of some twentieth-century women writers that worked in the silence of their solitude, in the narrow space of their attics, promoting social change. This article aims at a different analysis of the writing space of new authors, building on Gilbert and Gubar’s insights: the examples of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and the Austrian Marlen Haushofer. Moreover, taking up bell hooks' reflections on the praise of the margin, the shadow is explored as a site of cultural production where silenced voices found expression and visibility. The intent is re-reading the role of intimate spaces in the light of feminist movements: as a place of resistance and creativity. The attics and private rooms of women writers become laboratories of literary and social innovation, despite the interference of patriarchal social norms and expectations.
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