27.4268, Books: The Many Voices of Contemporary Piedmontese Writers: Raimondi

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:32:07
From: Chris Humphrey [chumphrey at c-s-p.org]
Subject: The Many Voices of Contemporary Piedmontese Writers: Raimondi

Title: The Many Voices of Contemporary Piedmontese Writers 
Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
	   http://www.cambridgescholars.com/

Book URL: http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-many-voices-of-contemporary-piedmontese-writers 

Author: Andrea Raimondi

Hardback: ISBN:  9781443899642 Pages: 225 Price: U.K. £ 61.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781443899642 Pages: 225 Price: U.S. $ 105.95

Abstract:

What do Cesare Pavese, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi have in common? Apart
from their obvious Piedmontese origins, they and other writers coming from
this Italian region share a certain tendency towards multilingualism, which is
a characteristic that has not been comprehensively investigated over the
years. This study presents a linguistic analysis of a group of modern and
contemporary narratives written by Piedmontese authors. The novels and short
stories here examined are notable for the intriguing way in which they move
between a variety of idioms – Standard Italian, regional vernaculars, English
and pastiches (with rare excursions into French). With the support of
linguistic and philosophical theories on the relation between identity,
alterity and language, the book demonstrates how the use of non-standard
parlances is fundamental in both reinforcing the sense of belonging to
specific social groups and highlighting the presence of dissimilar identities
and ‘other’ cultures. A sociolinguistic study and an analysis of the political
and historical context of the region are also provided in order to illustrate
how the combination of different varieties in literature reflects the region’s
peripheral position, as well as the political and social changes that have
occurred in Piedmont since the nineteenth century. This book fills a notable
gap, and casts new light on Piedmontese literature.

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Italian (ita)

Written In: English  (eng)

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