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oapen-20.500.12657-563192022-06-02T03:25:24Z Chapter The South African folle volo: Dante's Ulysses reinvented Fanucchi, Sonia Dante’s Ulysses Ulysses in Africa folle volo nostalgia Ulysses myth The figure of Ulysses haunts the pages of Dante’s Commedia, embodying a tension between past and present, and the potential and dangers inherent in any attempt at transformation. In this chapter I focus on four creative pieces by young South African students for whom Dante’s Ulysses becomes a rich and suggestive symbol. Despite their overt differences in approach, I argue that these pieces are all connected by a creative response to Dante, translating and conversing with his Ulysses from their personal and political perspectives. They are notable for their paradoxical approach to Dante’s hero, as they attempt to fashion new identities, to break free of the destructive influence of South Africa’s past, and to develop a more authentic, moral language. 2022-06-01T12:19:03Z 2022-06-01T12:19:03Z 2021 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855184588_504 2704-5919 9788855184588 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56319 eng Studi e saggi application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 26056.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-458-8_12 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8.10 10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8.10 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855184588 228 15 Florence open access
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The figure of Ulysses haunts the pages of Dante’s Commedia, embodying a tension between past and present, and the potential and dangers inherent in any attempt at transformation. In this chapter I focus on four creative pieces by young South African students for whom Dante’s Ulysses becomes a rich and suggestive symbol. Despite their overt differences in approach, I argue that these pieces are all connected by a creative response to Dante, translating and conversing with his Ulysses from their personal and political perspectives. They are notable for their paradoxical approach to Dante’s hero, as they attempt to fashion new identities, to break free of the destructive influence of South Africa’s past, and to develop a more authentic, moral language.
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