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• Vol. 119 No. 2 (2025)

• Vol. 118 No. 3 (2024)

• Distopías y género desde la perspectiva posthumanista en América Latina y España

  Vol. 118 No. 2 (2024)

  Guest editors: Karolina Kumor & Katarzyna Moszczyńska-Dürst 

  The present monograph aims to analyse dystopian/utopian fictions from Latin America and Spain through the lens of posthuman feminism. It compiles 11 articles by researchers who reflect on the current proliferation of dystopian productions that have become central to mainstream culture and the collective imagination. The research presented here confirms that feminist critical dystopias play a crucial role in (re)producing sociopolitical figures of exclusion, as they make visible the dynamics of oppression and marginalization. In the analyzed fictions, characters marked by exclusion related to migration, gender, sexuality, labor, violence, etc. take center stage. The significance of issues such as gender, sexuality, and freedom in this corpus is linked to the defense of the vital space shared by humans and non-humans, as advocated by posthuman feminism.

   

  El presente monográfico se propone explorar las ficciones distópicas/utópicas de Latinoamérica y España a la luz del feminismo posthumano. El monográfico reúne en 11 artículos el trabajo de especialistas que reflexionan sobre la eclosión actual de una serie de producciones distópicas que se han instalado en el centro de la cultura mainstream y del imaginario colectivo. Las investigaciones reunidas aquí confirman que las distopías críticas feministas desempeñan un papel crucial en la (re)producción de las figuras de exclusión sociopolíticas porque visibilizan las dinámicas de opresión y marginalización. En las ficciones analizadas, figuras marcadas por la exclusión en relación con la migración, el género, la sexualidad, el trabajo, la violencia, etc. son las protagonistas. La importancia de las cuestiones de género, sexualidad y la libertad se vinculan en este corpus a la defensa del espacio vital que humanos y no-humanos comparten, tal y como defiende el feminismo posthumano.

• Agustina Bessa-Luís e os sobressaltos do século XX

  Vol. 119 No. 1 (2025)

  Guest editors: Maria Araújo da Silva & Fernando Curopos in collaboration with Alda Maria Lentina

  The Portuguese writer Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922-2019), whose centenary was celebrated on 15^th of October 2022, was considered by the critic António J. Saraiva the second miracle in Portuguese literature after Fernando Pessoa, nothing less. Although this opinion is shared by many other critics over the world, her oeuvre has not obtained the expected recognition abroad, being eclipsed, far too often, by two other equally prolific contemporary Portuguese men writers: José Saramago and António Lobo-Antunes. Despite her prolific and multifaceted literary work – in addition to the novel genre, Bessa-Luís also wrote plays, biographies, youth literature, essays and screenplays for the cinema – her work remains quite confidential outside the Portuguese-speaking world. Since her most celebrated and original novel, A Sibila (1953), and until her last novel, A Ronda da Noite (2006), Agustina Bessa-Luís has hardly been considered one of the pioneers responsible for the revival of the Portuguese novel in the second half of the 20^th century. Nevertheless, and while her work has crossed several aesthetic trends – Neorealism, Nouveau Roman, Postmodernism – and has practiced an “adulterous mixture of everything”, in Portugal and for the literary critics, it is above all men writers who are put at the forefront when it comes to demonstrating a thematic and generic inventiveness at work in the contemporary Portuguese novel, unveiling its singularities and idiosyncrasies. However, the author was not only attentive to all the aesthetic trends of the 20^th century, but she also took part in the inventiveness that characterizes the art of the novel, through an abundant and unbridled writing, where fiction mixes with History and where the arts – particularly painting – are recurrently evoked to write a Portuguese counter-history, with women as the true heroines. A protean oeuvre which allows us to glimpse the upheavals of the 20^th century and grasp an oblique and subversive vision of the recent history of Portugal.

  The present monography constitutes a true homage to this Portuguese “Feminine Genius”, to reuse Julia Kristeva’s provocative hyperbole, and compiles 9 articles by researchers who reflect on the oeuvre of Agustina Bessa-Luís in its century, in the various aesthetic currents that run through it, without forgetting its political, cultural and social dimension, as well as a way to persist in exploring her work in new ways, its legacy and its re-mediation.

   

  A escritora Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922-2019) – cujo Centenário de nascimento foi celebrado a 15 de outubro de 2022 – foi considerada pelo crítico António José Saraiva como “o segundo milagre da literatura portuguesa, depois de Fernando Pessoa”. Conquanto esta opinião seja partilhada por muitos outros críticos, a sua obra não obteve uma verdadeira consagração no estrangeiro, tendo sido eclipsada pela produção de dois escritores portugueses contemporâneos igualmente prolíficos: José Saramago e António Lobo-Antunes. Apesar de uma produção vastíssima e multifacetada, incluindo romances, peças de teatro, biografias, literatura infantojuvenil, ensaios, crónicas e guiões cinematográficos, Agustina Bessa-Luís continua a ser pouco conhecida e divulgada fora do universo lusófono. Desde a publicação do seu célebre romance inaugural, A Sibila (1953), até à sua última obra, A Ronda da Noite (2006), Agustina Bessa-Luís raramente foi considerada como uma das figuras pioneiras do renascimento do romance português na segunda metade do século XX. Embora tenha atravessado diversas correntes estéticas – neorrealismo, Nouveau Roman, pós-modernismo – e praticado uma “mistura adúltera de tudo” no que toca à criatividade temática e genérica do romance português contemporâneo, às suas singularidades e idiossincrasias, a crítica, essencialmente centrada na produção de autores masculinos, desvalorizou o papel fulcral da escritora nesse domínio.

  Agustina Bessa-Luís não só esteve atenta a todas as correntes estéticas do século XX como também participou na renovação da arte do romance, através de uma escrita particularmente rica e densa, onde a ficção se cruza com a História e as artes – especialmente a pintura – são constantemente convocadas para propor uma contra-história, desafiando narrativas estabelecidas e oferecendo novas perspetivas sobre o passado e a identidade cultural. As mulheres inscrevem-se, elas também, como verdadeiras heroínas nesta obra multifacetada que deixa entrever as convulsões do século XX, oferecendo ainda uma oblíqua e subversiva visão da história recente do país.

  Constituindo-se como uma homenagem a este “génio no feminino” português, para retomar a hipérbole provocadora de Julia Kristeva, o presente número reúne nove artigos de investigadores que se debruçam sobre diversas vertentes da obra de Agustina Bessa-Luís, marcada pelas correntes e transformações do século em que viveu. Profundamente imersa nas dinâmicas culturais, políticas e sociais do seu tempo, a sua escrita evidencia uma sensibilidade crítica e uma perspetiva singular sobre a realidade que a rodeava, consolidando a sua relevância no panorama literário português.

• Vol. 118 No. 1 (2024)

• Vol. 117 No. 3 (2023)

• Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975): spunti e ricerche

  Vol. 117 No. 2 (2023)

  Guest editors: Anna Finozzi, Marta Garbelli & Tiziano Toracca 

• Vol. 117 No. 1 (2023)

• Vol. 116 No. 2 (2022)

• Vol. 116 No. 1 (2022)

• Vol. 115 No. 4 (2021)

• Monográfico. Fantasías pornotópicas. Subjetividades deseantes en América Latina: postpornografía y pornoterrorismo

  Vol. 115 No. 3 (2021)

  Guest editor: Ángeles Mateo Del Pino

  The aim of this monograph is to interrogate and question the mechanisms of sexual production; to debate sexuality and the dominant pornography, as well as to make known other dissident representations, other desiring subjectivities. Reviewing pornographic, post-pornographic or porn-terrorist texts and images will allow us to explore, from an intersectional framework, how different categories are intertwined: gender, race, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, social class, nationality, etc. At the same time, a look towards/from Latin America will help us to draw the specificities of these spaces and their link with the immediate context. As Lucía Egaña emphasizes, postporn cannot be defined exclusively by its contents, but rather by the political processes it engenders or triggers. The modes are different, which will help us to interpret how binarism and hegemonic sexuality are embodied and deconstructed in Latin America. This will enable us to share knowledge about the latest research on culture in general and sexuality in particular.

  El objetivo de este monográfico es el de interrogar y cuestionar los mecanismos de producción sexual; debatir en torno a la sexualidad y la pornografía dominante, así como dar a conocer otras representaciones disidentes, otras subjetividades deseantes. Revisar los textos y las imágenes pornográficas, postpornográficas o pornoterroristas nos permitirá explorar, desde un marco interseccional, cómo se entrelazan distintas categorías: género, raza, etnia, capacidad, sexualidad, clase social, nacionalidad, etc. A la vez que una mirada hacia/desde América Latina nos ayudará a dibujar las especificidades de esos espacios y su vinculación con el contexto inmediato. Como enfatiza Lucía Egaña, el postporno no puede ser definido exclusivamente por sus contenidos, sino más bien por los procesos políticos que engendra o desencadena. Los modos son diferentes, los que nos ayudará a interpretar cómo se encarna y deconstruye el binarismo y la sexualidad hegemónica en Latinoamérica. Todo ello nos posibilitará compartir conocimientos sobre las últimas investigaciones acerca de la cultura en general y de la sexualidad en particular.

• Special Issue. Schreiben und Erzählen: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven

  Vol. 115 No. 2 (2021)

  Gastherausgeberinnen: Christine Becker, Caroline Merkel, Susanne Tienken

  Unter Mitarbeit von: Julia Baumann, Henrike Bohlin, Fabia Hultin Morger, Fredrik Renard, Nataša Vukelić

  Das vorliegende Sonderheft widmet sich der Erschließung von Schreiben und Erzählen aus transdisziplinärer Perspektive und möchte anhand konkreter Empirie deren Bedeutsamkeit in literarischen Texten und Gebrauchsliteratur, für Menschen in ihren sprachlich gestalteten Lebenswelten und in Lernkontexten veranschaulichen. Das Sonderheft enthält ausgewählte Beiträge, die im Rahmen der 13. Arbeitstagung schwedischer Germanistinnen und Germanisten Text im Kontext präsentiert wurden. Die Tagung fand unter dem Arbeitstitel Narrative Vorgehensweisen aus literaturwissenschaftlicher, fremdsprachendidaktischer und sprachwissenschaftlicher Perspektive am 13./14. April 2018 in Stockholm statt. Wir danken dem Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst, Riksbankens jubileumsfond und der Universität Stockholm herzlich für die finanzielle Unterstützung der Tagung.

  Die Herausgeberinnen danken außerdem den Autorinnen und Autoren für ihre Beiträge und die große Geduld beim Warten auf deren Veröffentlichung, den anonymen Begutachterinnen und Begutachtern für sorgfältige, kluge und konstruktive Reviews und den oben genannten Doktorierenden für die redaktionelle Betreuung der Beiträge. Unser besonderer Dank gilt der Hauptredakteurin für Moderna språk, Anna Gudmundson, für ihre unermüdliche Unterstützung, ohne die der Band nicht hätte online gehen können.

• Vol. 115 No. 1 (2021)

• Special Issue. Culture on the move: Towards a minorization of cultural difference

  Vol. 114 No. 4 (2020)

  Guest editor: Zlatan Filipovic

  This Special Issue would not have been possible without the enduring effort of the contributors whose patience has been paramount to what, at times, must have seemed as an endless unfolding of revisions before we could find the right pitch and I’m indebted to all of you for your commitment and support. Special thanks also is due to the Institute for American Universities and Professor Maria Van Liew whose initiative for a conference on the topic in Barcelona 2018 provided a much appreciated catalyst for the volume. School of Education and Communication at Jönköping University and its research focus in Communication, Culture and Diversity with Professor Ylva Lindberg at the helm have also been instrumental in providing continuous suport for the project as well as my own Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Gothenburg with its established research field in Transcultural Studies. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the editorial team at Moderna Språk and our brilliant Anna Gudmundson, above all, whose attentive eye, appreciation and tireless enthusiasm have made this volume finally see the light of day.

  Most of all, however, I want to thank my awesome wife Maria and my son and daughter, Mies and Dalia Belle, whose love and joy are the foundational pillars of all my endeavours

  Zlatan Filipovic

• Special Issue on Possessive Constructions in Romance

  Vol. 114 No. 3 (2020)

  Guest editors: Miriam Bouzouita & Matti Marttinen Larsson

• Vol. 114 No. 2 (2020)

• Vol. 114 No. 1 (2020)

• Vol. 113 No. 2 (2019)

• Vol. 113 No. 1 (2019)

• Vol. 112 No. 2 (2018)

• Vol. 112 No. 1 (2018)

• Vol. 111 No. 2 (2017)

• Vol. 111 No. 1 (2017)

• Special issue on literary mediators from the Romance languages in Sweden

  Vol. 110 No. 3 (2016)

  Guest editors: Ken Benson, Mickaëlle Cedergren, Cecilia Schwartz

  This special issue of Moderna Språk contains articles on Swedish mediators who have  introduced, translated and reviewed literary texts from the Romance languages. More specifically, the contributions are the outcome of the symposium ”Litteraturförmedlare i Sverige från 1945 till våra dagar” (’Literary mediators in Sweden from 1945 until today’) which took place at Stockholm University 11–12 June 2015.