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Papers by Elisa Paolicelli, PhD
Femmes marginalisées et espaces urbains divisés dans Keiner liebt mich et Glück
Presses universitaires du Septentrion eBooks, 2018
Figlie 'outsiders'. Il rapporto madre-figlia nei romanzi 'The Virgin Suicides', 'Ensemble, c'est tout' e 'L'Arminuta
Il nostro lavoro consiste in un\u2019analisi delle figlie protagoniste di tre romanzi, appartenen... more Il nostro lavoro consiste in un\u2019analisi delle figlie protagoniste di tre romanzi, appartenenti a tre diversi contesti geografico-linguistici: Stati Uniti, Francia e Italia. Compresa tra il XX e il primo ventennio del XXI secolo, la nostra selezione letteraria include: Le vergini suicide (The Virgin Suicides, 1993) di Jeffrey Eugenides, Insieme, e basta (Ensemble, c\u2019est tout, 2004) di Anna Gavalda e L\u2019Arminuta (2017) di Donatella Di Pietrantonio. Una prima riflessione sulle dinamiche tra madri e figlie costituisce il fondamento teorico per la successiva analisi dei romanzi. Quest\u2019ultima mira a far luce sulla caratterizzazione di outsiders delle figlie protagoniste: le sorelle Lisbon, Camille e l\u2019Arminuta. Tale caratterizzazione evolve dal loro vissuto di emarginazione, che si distingue tra il \uabsenso di reclusione\ubb delle sorelle Lisbon, l\u2019\uabautarchia affettiva\ubb di Camille e l\u2019abbandono sub\uecto dall\u2019Arminuta. In merito all\u2019origi...
Femina feminae lupa est': L'enclave comme pseudo-refuge social dans deux adaptations cinématographiques contemporaines, The Virgin Suicides et Cracks
Leaves, 2017
This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two co... more This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two contemporary film adaptations: "The Virgin Suicides" (1999) by Sofia Coppola and "Cracks" (2009) by Jordan Scott. Combining the visual and textual analyses of these movies and of the novels they are based on, I will concentrate particularly on the Lisbon house ("The Virgin Suicides") and St. Mathilda’s girls boarding school ("Cracks") as independent microcosms which, nevertheless, encapsulate and highlight some wider external social dynamics (fear of the unknown, of the unconscious, of diversity). Because of their confinement, these two private spaces can also be considered as enclaves, and more specifically as refuges or prisons, where the disciplinary power of their matriarchal hierarchies imposes itself through the dual relationship of transgression and punishment that reflects Hobbes’s idea of society (and legitimate government) as a Leviathan.
Femmes marginalisées et espaces urbains divisés dans Keiner liebt mich et Glück
Les villes divisées, 2018
Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans ... more Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans deux adaptations cinématographiques allemandes, "Keiner liebt mich" (1994) et "Glück" (2012), réalisées par Doris Dörrie. L'analyse se concentre sur la correspondance, établie par ces films, entre la représentation marginale des protagonistes et la fragmentation de l’espace social de Cologne et Berlin, dans respectivement "Keiner liebt mich" et "Glück".
Les villes divisées
Les villes divisées, 2018
Les villes divisées, en proie à de multiples formes de fragmentation sociale, religieuse, ethniqu... more Les villes divisées, en proie à de multiples formes de fragmentation sociale, religieuse, ethnique et politique, sont une réalité prégnante du monde contemporain qui traverse les œuvres de fiction. Les représentations littéraires et cinématographiques des frontières et démarcations urbaines étaient restées un thème peu abordé par les sciences sociales. Elles sont ici explorées dans une approche résolument pluridisciplinaire. De Belfast à Beyrouth en passant par Londres, Paris, Berlin, Ramallah, Jérusalem, Le Caire, New York ou Bogota, les auteurs s'emparent, à partir de matériaux originaux de quatre thématiques distinctes mais liées entre elles : les tensions liées aux ségrégations sociales et ethniques (« Franchir la ligne ») ; les disséminations sociales et spatiales des communautés urbaines (« La ville disséminée ») ; les mémoires, les démarcations et les pratiques de violence urbaine (« Espaces urbains et violence » ; les rapports complexes entre centralités et marges (« Réfractions urbaines »).With their multiple forms of social, ethno-religious or political fragmentations, divided cities belong to the reality of the modern world and find their fictional expression in different imaginary ways. Despite the omnipresence of urban divisions in contemporary life, the analysis of literary and cinematographic representations of divided has been largely neglected. This book is an attempt to fill the present gap in academic research, proposing a multidisciplinary approach to the study of urban boundaries and borders in contemporary film and literature
Femmes marginalisées et espaces urbains divisés dans "Keiner liebt mich" et "Glück"
Les villes divisées: Récits littéraires et cinématographiques, 2018
Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans ... more Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans deux adaptations cinématographiques allemandes, "Keiner liebt mich" (1994) et "Glück" (2012), réalisées par Doris Dörrie. L'analyse se concentre sur la correspondance, établie par ces films, entre la représentation marginale des protagonistes et la fragmentation de l’espace social de Cologne et Berlin, dans respectivement "Keiner liebt mich" et "Glück".
Leaves, 2017
This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two co... more This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two contemporary film adaptations: "The Virgin Suicides" (1999) by Sofia Coppola and "Cracks" (2009) by Jordan Scott. Combining the visual and textual analyses of these movies and of the novels they are based on, I will concentrate particularly on the Lisbon house ("The Virgin Suicides") and St. Mathilda’s girls boarding school ("Cracks") as independent microcosms which, nevertheless, encapsulate and highlight some wider external social dynamics (fear of the unknown, of the unconscious, of diversity). Because of their confinement, these two private spaces can also be considered as enclaves, and more specifically as refuges or prisons, where the disciplinary power of their matriarchal hierarchies imposes itself through the dual relationship of transgression and punishment that reflects Hobbes’s idea of society (and legitimate government) as a Leviathan.
Thesis Chapters by Elisa Paolicelli, PhD
Daughters As Outsiders: The Mother-Daughter Bond in Three Novels, "The Virgin Suicides", "Hunting and Gathering", and "A Girl Returned", 2020
The Lisbon sisters, Camille, and the "Arminuta" are the daughters and the protagonists of three n... more The Lisbon sisters, Camille, and the "Arminuta" are the daughters and the protagonists of three novels set in three different geographical-linguistic areas: the United States, France, and Italy. "The Virgin Suicides" (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides, "Hunting and Gathering" ("Ensemble, c’est tout", 2004) by Anna Gavalda, and "A Girl Returned" ("L’Arminuta", 2017) by Donatella Di Pietrantonio are the selected novels covering the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st century. The theoretical background of the mother-daughter relationship provides an introduction to the textual analysis of the novels, which unveils the condition of outsiders of the protagonists. Their characterization develops within their social marginality: imprisonment (the Lisbon sisters), "emotional autarky" (Camille), and abandonment (the "Arminuta"); while their marginal status is the product of their particular relationship with the controversial personality of their mothers. Mrs. Lisbon is a control-obsessed, authoritarian mother; Catherine is a narcissistic woman; while both the biological and the adoptive mothers of the "Arminuta" abandon her. The outsider theme, particularly its literary-philosophical theorization by Colin Wilson, is the key point of our analytical method. In our literary selection, each storyline identifies one of the three existential steps of the outsider, originally conceived as a male figure. By analyzing the fictional development of the Lisbon sisters, Camille, and the "Arminuta", we retrace backwards the existential journey of the outsider as theorized by Wilson: the mystic detachment from reality as the final stage of a route which started with the pursuit of Truth, and went through the process of accepting personal alienation. Retracing the outsider's experience allows us to show that being an outsider in literary terms is not a male prerogative: it is a condition of marginality embodied by female characters as well. In addition to this, precisely as outsiders the protagonists can express their agency.
Talks by Elisa Paolicelli, PhD
In this talk I focused on the visual and textual analysis of female urban marginality in the nove... more In this talk I focused on the visual and textual analysis of female urban marginality in the novel "La Délicatesse" (2009) by David Foenkinos and its film adaptation ("La Délicatesse", 2011) by Stéphane and David Foenkinos.
Conference Presentations by Elisa Paolicelli, PhD
Starting from the dialectic relationship between the centre of Rome and its contemporary urban ma... more Starting from the dialectic relationship between the centre of Rome and its contemporary urban margins, I focused on the way the female protagonists of the films "Tutta la vita davanti" and "Un giorno speciale" confront themselves with the divided city of Rome from a social and geographical point of view.
Cette communication se concentre sur les adaptations cinématographiques "Ensemble, c'est tout" (2... more Cette communication se concentre sur les adaptations cinématographiques "Ensemble, c'est tout" (2007) de Claude Berri et "La Délicatesse" (2011) de David et Stéphane Foenkinos. Dans ces transpositions à l'écran – des romans éponymes de respectivement Anna Gavalda ("Ensemble, c’est tout", 2004) et David Foenkinos ("La Délicatesse", 2009) –, une correspondance s’établit entre la marginalité des femmes protagonistes et la représentation atypique d'un Paris montré à travers ses espaces privés, comme les intérieurs de maisons et d'immeubles.
Les films "Acciaio" et "Miele" représentent une opposition dans l'image de la banlieue italienne ... more Les films "Acciaio" et "Miele" représentent une opposition dans l'image de la banlieue italienne qui est perçue soit comme prison, soit comme refuge par les protagonistes des deux adaptations. Cette opposition n'est pourtant pas absolue : l'espace urbain et le point de vue des personnages se chargent d'une ambivalence telle qu'un lieu oppressif peut soudainement se révéler apaisant ou vice-versa.
Femmes marginalisées et espaces urbains divisés dans Keiner liebt mich et Glück
Presses universitaires du Septentrion eBooks, 2018
Figlie 'outsiders'. Il rapporto madre-figlia nei romanzi 'The Virgin Suicides', 'Ensemble, c'est tout' e 'L'Arminuta
Il nostro lavoro consiste in un\u2019analisi delle figlie protagoniste di tre romanzi, appartenen... more Il nostro lavoro consiste in un\u2019analisi delle figlie protagoniste di tre romanzi, appartenenti a tre diversi contesti geografico-linguistici: Stati Uniti, Francia e Italia. Compresa tra il XX e il primo ventennio del XXI secolo, la nostra selezione letteraria include: Le vergini suicide (The Virgin Suicides, 1993) di Jeffrey Eugenides, Insieme, e basta (Ensemble, c\u2019est tout, 2004) di Anna Gavalda e L\u2019Arminuta (2017) di Donatella Di Pietrantonio. Una prima riflessione sulle dinamiche tra madri e figlie costituisce il fondamento teorico per la successiva analisi dei romanzi. Quest\u2019ultima mira a far luce sulla caratterizzazione di outsiders delle figlie protagoniste: le sorelle Lisbon, Camille e l\u2019Arminuta. Tale caratterizzazione evolve dal loro vissuto di emarginazione, che si distingue tra il \uabsenso di reclusione\ubb delle sorelle Lisbon, l\u2019\uabautarchia affettiva\ubb di Camille e l\u2019abbandono sub\uecto dall\u2019Arminuta. In merito all\u2019origi...
Femina feminae lupa est': L'enclave comme pseudo-refuge social dans deux adaptations cinématographiques contemporaines, The Virgin Suicides et Cracks
Leaves, 2017
This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two co... more This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two contemporary film adaptations: "The Virgin Suicides" (1999) by Sofia Coppola and "Cracks" (2009) by Jordan Scott. Combining the visual and textual analyses of these movies and of the novels they are based on, I will concentrate particularly on the Lisbon house ("The Virgin Suicides") and St. Mathilda’s girls boarding school ("Cracks") as independent microcosms which, nevertheless, encapsulate and highlight some wider external social dynamics (fear of the unknown, of the unconscious, of diversity). Because of their confinement, these two private spaces can also be considered as enclaves, and more specifically as refuges or prisons, where the disciplinary power of their matriarchal hierarchies imposes itself through the dual relationship of transgression and punishment that reflects Hobbes’s idea of society (and legitimate government) as a Leviathan.
Femmes marginalisées et espaces urbains divisés dans Keiner liebt mich et Glück
Les villes divisées, 2018
Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans ... more Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans deux adaptations cinématographiques allemandes, "Keiner liebt mich" (1994) et "Glück" (2012), réalisées par Doris Dörrie. L'analyse se concentre sur la correspondance, établie par ces films, entre la représentation marginale des protagonistes et la fragmentation de l’espace social de Cologne et Berlin, dans respectivement "Keiner liebt mich" et "Glück".
Les villes divisées
Les villes divisées, 2018
Les villes divisées, en proie à de multiples formes de fragmentation sociale, religieuse, ethniqu... more Les villes divisées, en proie à de multiples formes de fragmentation sociale, religieuse, ethnique et politique, sont une réalité prégnante du monde contemporain qui traverse les œuvres de fiction. Les représentations littéraires et cinématographiques des frontières et démarcations urbaines étaient restées un thème peu abordé par les sciences sociales. Elles sont ici explorées dans une approche résolument pluridisciplinaire. De Belfast à Beyrouth en passant par Londres, Paris, Berlin, Ramallah, Jérusalem, Le Caire, New York ou Bogota, les auteurs s'emparent, à partir de matériaux originaux de quatre thématiques distinctes mais liées entre elles : les tensions liées aux ségrégations sociales et ethniques (« Franchir la ligne ») ; les disséminations sociales et spatiales des communautés urbaines (« La ville disséminée ») ; les mémoires, les démarcations et les pratiques de violence urbaine (« Espaces urbains et violence » ; les rapports complexes entre centralités et marges (« Réfractions urbaines »).With their multiple forms of social, ethno-religious or political fragmentations, divided cities belong to the reality of the modern world and find their fictional expression in different imaginary ways. Despite the omnipresence of urban divisions in contemporary life, the analysis of literary and cinematographic representations of divided has been largely neglected. This book is an attempt to fill the present gap in academic research, proposing a multidisciplinary approach to the study of urban boundaries and borders in contemporary film and literature
Femmes marginalisées et espaces urbains divisés dans "Keiner liebt mich" et "Glück"
Les villes divisées: Récits littéraires et cinématographiques, 2018
Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans ... more Cet article examine le rapport entre les protagonistes féminines et leurs contextes urbains dans deux adaptations cinématographiques allemandes, "Keiner liebt mich" (1994) et "Glück" (2012), réalisées par Doris Dörrie. L'analyse se concentre sur la correspondance, établie par ces films, entre la représentation marginale des protagonistes et la fragmentation de l’espace social de Cologne et Berlin, dans respectivement "Keiner liebt mich" et "Glück".
Leaves, 2017
This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two co... more This article focuses on the feminine violence which occurs in the closed private spaces of two contemporary film adaptations: "The Virgin Suicides" (1999) by Sofia Coppola and "Cracks" (2009) by Jordan Scott. Combining the visual and textual analyses of these movies and of the novels they are based on, I will concentrate particularly on the Lisbon house ("The Virgin Suicides") and St. Mathilda’s girls boarding school ("Cracks") as independent microcosms which, nevertheless, encapsulate and highlight some wider external social dynamics (fear of the unknown, of the unconscious, of diversity). Because of their confinement, these two private spaces can also be considered as enclaves, and more specifically as refuges or prisons, where the disciplinary power of their matriarchal hierarchies imposes itself through the dual relationship of transgression and punishment that reflects Hobbes’s idea of society (and legitimate government) as a Leviathan.
Daughters As Outsiders: The Mother-Daughter Bond in Three Novels, "The Virgin Suicides", "Hunting and Gathering", and "A Girl Returned", 2020
The Lisbon sisters, Camille, and the "Arminuta" are the daughters and the protagonists of three n... more The Lisbon sisters, Camille, and the "Arminuta" are the daughters and the protagonists of three novels set in three different geographical-linguistic areas: the United States, France, and Italy. "The Virgin Suicides" (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides, "Hunting and Gathering" ("Ensemble, c’est tout", 2004) by Anna Gavalda, and "A Girl Returned" ("L’Arminuta", 2017) by Donatella Di Pietrantonio are the selected novels covering the 20th century and the first two decades of the 21st century. The theoretical background of the mother-daughter relationship provides an introduction to the textual analysis of the novels, which unveils the condition of outsiders of the protagonists. Their characterization develops within their social marginality: imprisonment (the Lisbon sisters), "emotional autarky" (Camille), and abandonment (the "Arminuta"); while their marginal status is the product of their particular relationship with the controversial personality of their mothers. Mrs. Lisbon is a control-obsessed, authoritarian mother; Catherine is a narcissistic woman; while both the biological and the adoptive mothers of the "Arminuta" abandon her. The outsider theme, particularly its literary-philosophical theorization by Colin Wilson, is the key point of our analytical method. In our literary selection, each storyline identifies one of the three existential steps of the outsider, originally conceived as a male figure. By analyzing the fictional development of the Lisbon sisters, Camille, and the "Arminuta", we retrace backwards the existential journey of the outsider as theorized by Wilson: the mystic detachment from reality as the final stage of a route which started with the pursuit of Truth, and went through the process of accepting personal alienation. Retracing the outsider's experience allows us to show that being an outsider in literary terms is not a male prerogative: it is a condition of marginality embodied by female characters as well. In addition to this, precisely as outsiders the protagonists can express their agency.
In this talk I focused on the visual and textual analysis of female urban marginality in the nove... more In this talk I focused on the visual and textual analysis of female urban marginality in the novel "La Délicatesse" (2009) by David Foenkinos and its film adaptation ("La Délicatesse", 2011) by Stéphane and David Foenkinos.
Starting from the dialectic relationship between the centre of Rome and its contemporary urban ma... more Starting from the dialectic relationship between the centre of Rome and its contemporary urban margins, I focused on the way the female protagonists of the films "Tutta la vita davanti" and "Un giorno speciale" confront themselves with the divided city of Rome from a social and geographical point of view.
Cette communication se concentre sur les adaptations cinématographiques "Ensemble, c'est tout" (2... more Cette communication se concentre sur les adaptations cinématographiques "Ensemble, c'est tout" (2007) de Claude Berri et "La Délicatesse" (2011) de David et Stéphane Foenkinos. Dans ces transpositions à l'écran – des romans éponymes de respectivement Anna Gavalda ("Ensemble, c’est tout", 2004) et David Foenkinos ("La Délicatesse", 2009) –, une correspondance s’établit entre la marginalité des femmes protagonistes et la représentation atypique d'un Paris montré à travers ses espaces privés, comme les intérieurs de maisons et d'immeubles.
Les films "Acciaio" et "Miele" représentent une opposition dans l'image de la banlieue italienne ... more Les films "Acciaio" et "Miele" représentent une opposition dans l'image de la banlieue italienne qui est perçue soit comme prison, soit comme refuge par les protagonistes des deux adaptations. Cette opposition n'est pourtant pas absolue : l'espace urbain et le point de vue des personnages se chargent d'une ambivalence telle qu'un lieu oppressif peut soudainement se révéler apaisant ou vice-versa.