La lingua e l'estraneità: Franco Biondi e la letteratura dell'immigrazione in Germania. Proposta di traduzione di "Und nun schieben sie mich ab"

In questo lavoro è presentata una proposta di traduzione del racconto Und nun schieben sie mich ab (Biondi, 1985: 168- 174), di Franco Biondi, un autore di origini italiane residente in Germania dal 1965 (Amodeo, 2007: 6). Data la sua biografia, Biondi è un autore emblematico tanto della letteratura italiana della migrazione, quanto della letteratura dell’immigrazione in Germania, a testimonianza di come questa letteratura sia riuscita a superare i confini letterari nazionali per entrare a far parte di una «letteratura mondiale della transculturalità» (Amodeo, 2000: 327) . Considerati il terreno comune su cui si sono sviluppate le opere di autori di varie nazionalità in Germania, e l’eterogeneità dei contesti letterari e sociali degli autori italiani nei vari Paesi, si è ritenuto più efficace focalizzare i capitoli teorici del lavoro sulla letteratura dell’immigrazione in Germania, con un’attenzione particolare agli autori di origine italiana. La proposta di traduzione sarà preceduta da un inquadramento storico degli albori della letteratura dell’immigrazione in Germania, nata negli anni Sessanta del Novecento. Da lì si procederà presentando gli sviluppi di questa letteratura fino agli anni più recenti: si partirà dalla letteratura dell’immigrazione in Germania prodotta da autori di varie nazionalità, entrando poi nel merito degli autori di origine italiana attivi in Germania. Il terzo capitolo è dedicato a Franco Biondi, di cui saranno presentate una breve biografia e le opere più significative. Il quarto e il quinto capitolo sono dedicati interamente al racconto Und nun schieben sie mich ab (Biondi, 1985): in particolare, il quarto capitolo contiene un’analisi del tema e del contenuto del racconto, contestualizzato poi all’interno della raccolta “Passavantis Rückkehr” (Ibid.) e dell’opera dell’autore; in questo capitolo inoltre viene presentata un’analisi linguistica e stilistica del racconto. Il quinto capitolo contiene la proposta di traduzione, seguita da un commento della traduzione e delle strategie utilizzate.

The Nightmare of Actual Identity": Franco-Algerian Literature after Liberation"

In this thesis I examine the issues of postcolonial Algerian identity expressed in literature, and the difficulty of defining an Algerian identity independent of French influence. I analyze and contextualize three novels (Le Polygone etoile by Kateb Yacine,L'Amour, la fantasia by Assia Djebar, and Le Village de l'allemand ou le journal des freres Schiller) representative of their respective periods. I explore the evolution of expressions of identity through post-liberation Algeria. The years immediately following decolonization are marked by the effort to return to aprecolonial blank slate, an effort that Yacine cautions against. The 1980s and 1990s are most concerned with re-inserting Algeria into the Western historical discourse, and the most recent literature moves beyond decolonization to discuss the current Islamistchallenge and immigration. Among the pertinent issues are language, oral vs. written traditions, the often blatant absence of Algerians and women from the accounts in the French colonial archives, and, of course, the Self/Other binary. I have found that theserepresentative authors and texts use asynchronic time, fragmented narrative, re-written history, and expressions of violence in an attempt to cope with the colonial period and decolonization. I show that these authors provide a commentary on those who have triedto erase their French side, but with little success. Ultimately, though in different ways, each author writes that Algerians much accept their French past and move beyond it,rather than fighting their collective history.

A review on bovine besnoitiosis: a disease with economic impact in herd health management, caused by Besnoitia besnoiti (Franco and Borges, 1916).

Bovine besnoitiosis is caused by the largely unexplored apicomplexan parasite Besnoitia besnoiti. In cows, infection during pregnancy often results in abortion, and chronically infected bulls become infertile. Similar to other apicomplexans B. besnoiti has acquired a largely intracellular lifestyle, but its complete life cycle is still unknown, modes of transmission have not been entirely resolved and the definitive host has not been identified. Outbreaks of bovine besnoitiosis in cattle were described in the 1990s in Portugal and Spain, and later several cases were also detected in France. More cases have been reported recently in hitherto unaffected countries, including Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Croatia. To date, there is still no effective pharmaceutical compound available for the treatment of besnoitiosis in cattle, and progress in the identification of novel targets for intervention through pharmacological or immunological means is hampered by the lack of molecular data on the genomic and transcriptomic level. In addition, the lack of an appropriate small animal laboratory model, and wide gaps in our knowledge on the host-parasite interplay during the life cycle of this parasite, renders vaccine and drug development a cost- and labour-intensive undertaking.

Discorso inaugurale per la nuova sede dell' accademia religiosa "Joseph Franco" 15 Adar 5669 - 8 Marzo 1909

[von] Samuele Colombo

Une solidarité franco-allemande en Suisse au coeur de la première guerre : Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) et Romain Rolland (1866-1944)

Stefan Zweig arrive en Suisse en novembre 1917. D’abord libéré du service militaire pour deux mois, il obtient finalement la permission de rester en Suisse jusqu’à la fin de la guerre. Il peut ainsi assister aux répétitions et à la première de Jérémie, sa pièce de théâtre pacifiste représentée pour la première fois au Stadttheater de Zurich en février 1918. Son séjour en Suisse est également marqué par le développement de son admiration et de son amitié pour Romain Rolland – celui qu’il désigne comme étant « la conscience morale de l’Europe ». L’objet de cet article est de montrer que la conjonction Suisse–Rolland a joué un rôle absolument essentiel dans la vie personnelle et créatrice de Zweig.

Freedom Fries or Friendship Fries? : Franco-American Stereotypes and Meta-Stereotypes

This study explores Franco-American relations by examining Franco-American stereotypes. When American participants made ratings of what they think the French think of Americans, the results showed that Americans think the French see Americans in a very negative light. Yet, when the French participants rated what they think Americans think of the French, the result was fairly neutral. Both the French and Americans were found to be over-estimating how negatively they are actually viewed by the other group. If Americans think the French view them negatively and vice versa, these beliefs can permeate interpersonal interactions and can have a potentially negative effect. The results suggest that stereotypes play an important role in intergroup interactions and these findings have important implications for Franco-American relations.