Space and Identity in the Works of Nino Ricci
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Abstract
The macrotext represented by the works of Nino Ricci is of particular interest especially because it allows a reflection on several aspects in the life of Italian immigrants to Canada.While other authors focus solely on the impact that a different environment has on newcomers, Ricci is also concerned with both the recollection of the life of immigrants before they left their country of origin and the representation of what happens when they eventually return to their motherland.This complete coverage of the migratory experience is narrated in Ricci's trilogy of fictional biography, which tells the story of Vittorio Innocente and is made of Lives of the Saints (1990), In a Glass House (1993) and Where She Has Gone (1997).In addition, this trilogy is naturally to be connected with the collection of essays and memoirs that Ricci published in 2003 with the title Roots and Frontiers.In this part of his production Ricci establishes a connection between space, in the form of a house, a neighborhood, or an entire city, and the identity of an individual.It is my intention to discuss here how space affects the lives of those Italian-Canadians depicted in the works of Ricci and, more specifically, the characterization of Vittorio Innocente.I aim to analyze how this topic reflects precise narrative choices, at the same time addressing the pivotal opposition between public and private space, in the attempt to understand how space contributes to the shaping of the identity of an immigrant.Because of the role played by foreigners in the construction of some of the most important landmarks in the city of Toronto, it is necessary to consider the dual relationship between two entities influencing each other, rather than the one-directional, more typical element of influence that a big city has on newcomers.The choice of this topic will bring me to focus more specifically on In a Glass House and Where She Has Gone, since these are the novels in which Vittorio actually experiences the physical impact with the Canadian landscape.Yet, in order to have a precise understanding of what happens in each single novel, it is necessary to refer to the entire macrotext, at the same time realizing how deeply rooted in recorded history these works of fiction are.! The The relationship between Ricci's trilogy and recorded history becomes even more evident if we consider that Vittorio's father, Mario Innocente, moves to Canada in 1956.According to Codignola and Bruti Liberati, during that year
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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