Itinerari formativi di piccole donne
By: Angelica Palumbo.
Series: Athenaeum; Athenaeum (Genoa, Italy)
Publisher: De Ferrari
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Genova
Language: ita
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Porter, Eleanor H. 1868-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.; American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Girls in literature.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Young women -- Books and reading -- United States.; Girls -- Books and reading -- United States.; Bildungsromans -- History and criticism.; Young women in literature.
Genres: juvenile literature
First sentence: E' stato detto che le ragazze che oggi amano i libri di Louisa May Alcott tendono ad essere più tranquille, femminili e casalinghe della media. Ma per almeno cinque generazioni agli occhi delle giovani americane Jo è apparsa una ribelle che incarnava un ideale liberatorio....nella letteratura giovanile americana la figura di Jo apre un'era nuova di quella che Ellen Moeurs ha definito l'epoca dell'eroinismo, assumendo i caratteri della contraddizione, della virtualità delle scelte, della variegata tonalità delle sfumature, anticipando la donna di un secolo futuro... Nell'ambito del recupero di una tradizione letteraria di genere, recenti studi forniscono interpretazioni femministe di classici come "Little Women" e "The Secret Garden". Le nuove proposte di riabilitazione tendono a trasformare storie ritenute lotte per conformarsi all'ordine sociale, in storie sul potere terapeutico del dialogo fra comunità di donne.
Description: Juvenile literature with utopian ideals, rooted in American Transcendentalist thought, points out how by one's committment to one's gift, outlook on life, perseverance and intuition, it is easy and almost a natural consequence to find solutions to overcome problems. This is so even going as far as witnessing a total reversal fo fortune (a leitmotive in Bunett's novels) where, guided by one's inner resilience andnd persistency, one manages to positively influnce others and to turn a period of crisis into a fruitful inner growth proces (Polyanna's  thesis)- 
 Louisa Alcott was the first woman writer to jump over conventional ideological fences. It is through her favourite  spokeswoman, the heroine of her domesticated novels.  Jo, that she coveyed us the immediate perception of inner and outer worlds. Alcott's aesthetics of deconstructing conventional language through a jargoon enabling  to open the doors of perception is internalized by authors like Porter and Burnett. They shared the same attitude to the usage of fresh concrete description that at the same time has symbolic resonance,  by introducing readers to the symbolic rites of passage that lead the grow-up tom-boy to womìny condition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194).