Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 57 | 2023
Research Article | Det är nu det vänder: Il gusto della malinconia e il dovere della felicità nel romanzo En svensk kändis di Alma Kirlić
Det är nu det vänder: Il gusto della malinconia e il dovere della felicità nel romanzo En svensk kändis di Alma Kirlić
Abstract
Scandinavian second-generation writers provide evidence of the social impact of migration and multiethnicity. Yet the Swedish literary market seems preferably to target writers of African or Middle Eastern descent, perhaps benefiting from the rifts that the non-whiteness issue generates in people. On the other hand, the Yugoslav diaspora, nowadays celebrated as a model of positive integration, is often ignored in the literary context. In her novel, Alma Kirlić questions the supposedly happy outcome of the Yugoslavs’ arrival in Sweden. Relying on the ‘melancholic migrant’ metaphor, this study aims to further explore Sweden’s post-migrant condition by providing new points of reference.
Submitted: April 25, 2023 | Accepted: July 11, 2023 | Published Oct. 30, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Swedish Contemporary Literature • Post-migration • Happiness duty • Melancholic migrant • Yugoslav Diaspora
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2023/11/008
