Past female models in order to build the present: Marta Cuscunà and her "Simplicity ingannata"

Authors

  • Milagro Martín Clavijo Universidad de Salamanca
Keywords: Marta Cuscunà, Female models, Arcangela Tarabotti, Clarisses of Udine, Contemporary Italian dramaturgy

Abstract

In La semplicità ingannata the Italian playwright, Marta Cuscunà presents several models of female resistance –Arcangela Tarabotti and the Clarisses of Udine– with the intention that their lives will help the audience, especially the younger one, to reflect, about the need, even today, of rebellion, in order to not accept behavior patterns that our society imposes us and presents to us as unique, normal and the most beneficial. This article analyzes the play –its plot, structure and staging–that belongs to her project on women's resistances and relates it to the construction of gender and cultural conditioning.

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Author Biography

Milagro Martín Clavijo, Universidad de Salamanca

Profesora titular de Filología Italiana en el departamento de Filología Moderna de la Facultad de Filología de la Universidad de Salamanca. Pertenece al grupo de investigación Escritoras y Escrituras (HUM 753) de la Universidad de Sevilla. Dirige la colección “Donne dietro le quinte” de la editorial Aracne. Líneas de investigación: teatro italiano contemporáneo, narrativa siciliana, querella de las mujeres, estudios de género. 

Published
03-12-2015
How to Cite
Martín Clavijo, M. (2015). Past female models in order to build the present: Marta Cuscunà and her "Simplicity ingannata". Estudios Románicos, 24, 33–44. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/estudiosromanicos/article/view/245171