La letteratura italo-romena contemporanea. Sulla migrazione che genera trasgressione

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the phenomenon of transgression in Italian-language Romanian literature on the example of two novels entitled La frivolezza del cristallo liquido (2008) by Irina Turcanu and Dodici più un angelo (2012) by Ingrid Beatrice Coman. The starting point for the considerations is the hypothesis that writers who experienced migration, life under communism and negative emotions related to them may use the category of transgression in their narratives in a particularly intense way. In the cited works, the most important elements expressing transgression and its contexts are characterized. Transgression turns out to be a special narrative technique. It allows to criticize wicked human attitudes and emphasize the tragic situation of an individual who has become the object of transgressive acts.