Category Archives: Tradition & Heritage
Defining contemporary Japanese literature
Despite living in the age of globalisation, Japanese literature seems to appear on the shelves of other continents’ libraries and bookshops as niche literature, an exclusive genre for the intellectual … Continue reading
The Zhdanovian novel – a literary rule for the masses
When do we define a novel as ‘zhdanovian‘? Is this term related to Russian-only contexts? The answer would be no. In fact, despite being known for outlining the theories of … Continue reading
Re-thinking Georgian poetry
When King George V succeeded his father Edward VII, a multitude of events were beginning to manifest. Social instability and international tensions were already paving the way for the ‘war … Continue reading
Hashtag or Mot-Dièse: adopting or adapting? New words and the translation issue
New words come to life everyday. Without realising it, we welcome, use and throw away thousands loads of words in our written and spoken communication. Most of these are forged … Continue reading
From Joan to Leo XIV: the parallel world of fictional popes
On Wednesday a new pope was elected: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Pope Francis (not “Francis I“, as he still is the first and only with that name), the 266th … Continue reading
Women Vorticists: Dismorr, Saunders and the female legacy
Among the innovative avant-garde movements that rose in popularity in the first decades of the twentieth century, Futurism was always seen as the major force in the bunch. Even retrospectively, … Continue reading
Fritzes, Poilus,Tommys and their war of words in the trenches
Every time I read accounts on the Great War, I stumble upon nicknames that seem to appear out of nowhere, but sound as if they had been lingering in folklore … Continue reading
Written echoes of a lost Empire: Italian Literature and Imperialism
The word “Imperialism” is often (almost always) used in reference to the largest, most known Empire of recent times: the British Empire. It’s equally easy to connect the terms “British … Continue reading
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