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FROM THE CASTLE OF FEAR TO THE THREE FAT MEN: YURI OLESHA’S FAIRY TALE IN ITALIAN Open
In the 20th century, Russia played an important role in the field of translated children’s literature, although, compared to other foreign children’s literature, the popularity it enjoyed — particularly in the second half of the 20th centu…
Russian Children’s Literature in Italy: Assessment and Prospects Open
This article focuses on Russian children’s literature in Italy in the last 30 years. The first part provides a brief historical overview of Russian children’s literature in Italy starting from the 20th century. The aim is to identify the b…
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE « L’AUTRE DANS LA LITTERATURE DE JEUNESSE RUSSE » Open
This review reports on the international research conference « L’autre dans la littérature de jeunesse russe » (“The Other” in Russian Children’s Literature) held at the Clermont Auvergne University. The conference was organised by the Cen…
ITALIAN ANTHOLOGIES ABOUT RUSSIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. AN OVERVIEW (1926–1944) Open
The “Archive” section publishes four fragments selected from studies of Italian authors who wrote about children’s literature — the writers and teachers Giuseppe Fanciulli (1881–1951) and Olindo Giacobbe (1880–1950), the children writer, t…
L’Isola che (non) c’è Open
This volume presents a survey of Russian children’s literature published in Italy from 1945 to 1991. On the one hand the analysis accounts for the historical, social and literary context of post-war Italy, in which the books were published…
MARSHAK EDITOR OF GIANNI RODARI’S CIPOLLINO’S ADVENTURES. SOME PRELIMINARY ARCHIVE-BASED OBSERVATIONS Open
Samuil Marshak’s brief account “Why Did I Translate Gianni Rodari’s poems” [Marshak 1971] provides an interesting “inside look” at his translation practice in relation to the poems of the Italian children’s poet. Nevertheless, the informat…
ИТАЛЬЯНСКИЕ АНТОЛОГИИ О РУССКОИ ДЕТСКОИ ЛИТЕРАТУРЕ: ОБЗОР (1926–1944)ITALIAN ANTHOLOGIES ABOUT RUSSIANCHILDREN’S LITERATURE. AN OVERVIEW(1926–1944) Open
The “Archive” section publishes four fragments selected from studies of Italian authors who wrote about children’s literature — the writers and teachersGiuseppe Fanciulli (1881–1951) and Olindo Giacobbe (1880–1950), the children writer, tr…
Russian theatre for children and Marshak’s Teatr dlja detej Open
In the first decades of the 20th century, theatre in Russia rapidly develops. Particular attention is devoted to children and to the use of theatre as a didactic-pedagogical tool. At the same time various experts focus on the importance of…
Singing the dissent in the Soviet Union (1950-1991) Open
Since the end of the 1950s, the circulation of unauthorised sound material in the Soviet Union, a phenomenon which is called ‘magnitizdat’, has been increasing rapidly. The article investigates a number of issues related to this parallel d…
«What to fight and what to welcome» in children’s literature according to a secret Glavlit bulletin (1924) Open
Среди многочисленных секретных документов, находящихся в российских архивах, особо интересен бюллетень от 1924 г., хранящийся в Государственном Архиве Российской Федерации (ГА РФ), в котором детально описывается положение дел в сфере книго…
"Our children's poetry is a fantastic pleasure." Conversation between Mikhail Yasnov and Julia De Florio Open
Interview with Mikhail Yasnov. 2017.
Emblematic journeys: Gianni Rodari in the USSR Open
The article focuses on the success of the works of the Italian children’s writer Gianni Rodari in the Soviet Union. One of the reasons for Gianni Rodari’s success in his native Italy lies in his previous popularity in the Soviet Union, tha…
La ricezione della letteratura russa per l’infanzia in Italia (1900-2017) Open
The article investigates the history of reception of Russian children’s literature in Italy from 1900 until 2017. It includes a large corpus of volumes that represents a starting point for further research in this field. The analysis of th…
Do Erotic Art and Sexuality Have Something to Share? Open
Objective: The connection between art and sexuality has always been considered to be solid. Even Freud once said to turn to poets to better understand human sexuality. While in classical Freudian orthodox psychoanalysis is used to understa…