1. Italian Heritage and the Experience of Migration and Nostos in Canadian Poetry
- Author
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Francesca Cadel
- Subjects
History ,Social Sciences and Humanities ,Poetry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art history ,translation ,Mary di Michele ,Pier Giorgio Di Cicco ,multiculturalism ,migration ,ltalo-Canadian poets ,post-racial society ,Sense of belonging ,nostos ,Multiculturalism ,Sciences Humaines et Sociales ,Gianna Patriarca ,journeys ,media_common ,Theme (narrative) ,poetry - Abstract
The article addresses the theme of nostos by referring to the journeys of three authors of Italian heritage: Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Mary di Michele, and Gianna Patriarca. Their poetry allows the possibility to revisit their journeys and to consider migration as a source of knowledge, and positive change, despite the many challenges involved in the mutation process, and the difficult hermeneutic of losses, necessary to reach awareness and a new sense of belonging.