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- Title
Ghostly Embodiments of Migration: Jarmila Očkayová’s Aesthetics of Estrangement and Transnationalism in L’essenziale è invisibile agli occhi.
- Authors
Redford, Renata
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "L'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi" by Jarmila Očkayová, is presented. It outlines the themes and the behavior of the characters in the book in relation to border crossing, migration, estrangement, and transnationalism. Also discussed are the use of sickness and physical symptoms to illustrate the protagonist's psychological trauma, as well as elements of the author's life that may have contributed to the creation of characters in the book.
- Subjects
L'ESSENZIALE e Invisibile Agli Occhi (Book); OCKAYOVA, Jarmila; TRANSNATIONALISM in literature; EMIGRATION &; immigration in literature; IDENTITY (Philosophical concept) in literature; EMOTIONAL trauma in literature; ITALIAN fiction; ITALIAN literature; LITERARY criticism
- Publication
MLN, 2017, Vol 132, Issue 1, p223
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/mln.2017.0011