University of Tehran Research in Contemporary World Literature 2588-4131 17 2 2012 06 21 Italian Immigration Literature; the Reflection of Women's New World Italian Immigration Literature; the Reflection of Women's New World 93 110 50886 10.22059/jor.2012.50886 FA Mahzad Sheikholislami دانشگاه تهران Journal Article 2013 02 20 "Literature of migration" has emerged in the last decades in Italy through a diverse range of migrant writers who were passionate to establish a connection with their host society and receive recognition in the respective context. This literature is consolidated by its own narration from faraway lands, immigration related dissonances and discords, and duality of self; devoting to introduce the reconstructed and retrieved identities of these immigrants. This research will focus on four works by famous women writers and the selection criteria of these works was based on their preoccupation with the phenomenon of pregnancy and motherhood. In addition to the representation of autobiographic significances, the study will emphasize the instrumental role of literature in portraying the phenomena and social changes, and reveal new images portrayed about the future and their surroundings in the heroines' mind. As to mention some of the core issues in this study, we can refer to subjects like the reactions of female protagonists in undesirable situations as unwanted pregnancy, their conscious or unconscious efforts to regain their own rights and the acquisition of a favorable position. As it was expectd, the feminine-oriented thoughts of the selected writers, undoubtedly, originates the anti chauvinism notions in the mind of the protagonists of the mentioned works who are more responsible and skilful than men, and who try to overthrow the inhuman tradition of male supremacy. They are aware of male dominance that has oppressed them for centuries, and struggle to obtain a more pivotal role in the context of their own existence. "Literature of migration" has emerged in the last decades in Italy through a diverse range of migrant writers who were passionate to establish a connection with their host society and receive recognition in the respective context. This literature is consolidated by its own narration from faraway lands, immigration related dissonances and discords, and duality of self; devoting to introduce the reconstructed and retrieved identities of these immigrants. This research will focus on four works by famous women writers and the selection criteria of these works was based on their preoccupation with the phenomenon of pregnancy and motherhood. In addition to the representation of autobiographic significances, the study will emphasize the instrumental role of literature in portraying the phenomena and social changes, and reveal new images portrayed about the future and their surroundings in the heroines' mind. As to mention some of the core issues in this study, we can refer to subjects like the reactions of female protagonists in undesirable situations as unwanted pregnancy, their conscious or unconscious efforts to regain their own rights and the acquisition of a favorable position. As it was expectd, the feminine-oriented thoughts of the selected writers, undoubtedly, originates the anti chauvinism notions in the mind of the protagonists of the mentioned works who are more responsible and skilful than men, and who try to overthrow the inhuman tradition of male supremacy. They are aware of male dominance that has oppressed them for centuries, and struggle to obtain a more pivotal role in the context of their own existence.

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