Descrizione del progetto
La ridefinizione del bambino nella narrativa femminile del periodo modernista
Tra la fine del XIX e l’inizio del XX secolo, il tema dell’infanzia ha acquisito importanza nella cultura britannica. I bambini sono stati studiati per prepararli all’età adulta, con tratti come la razionalità e l’autonomia associati alla mascolinità. Con il sostegno del programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA), il progetto MODCHILD studia il modo in cui le scrittrici di narrativa del periodo modernista hanno ridefinito l’infanzia, rendendola veicolo di idee femministe e di nuove modalità di rappresentazione. Il progetto adotta un approccio interdisciplinare, combinando studi letterari, sull’infanzia e femministi attraverso i centri di ricerca dell’Università cattolica di Lovanio. Il progetto produrrà due articoli su riviste, una proposta di monografia, una raccolta curata, quattro interventi a conferenze e la divulgazione a un pubblico non accademico.
Obiettivo
The project will examine representations of children and childhood in women’s fiction of the modernist period (c. 1890-1950). The concept of childhood became central to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British culture, when the child-figure was used to explore important questions about identity and gender. Scientific investigations of children led to views of childhood as a developmental stage, the role of which was to prepare the child to become a rational and autonomous adult – characteristics associated with ideas of masculinity. The project explores how female fiction writers of the period reshaped and rejected male-centred scientific definitions of childhood in order to reimagine the child, making it a vehicle for feminist ideas and a propeller of new modes of representation. The project will pursue an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise in literary studies, childhood studies, and feminist studies, acquired and consolidated through KU Leuven’s research centres: MDRN (focusing on modernist culture), and LCH2 (Leuven Centre for Health Humanities, with a special focus on representations of age). This expertise will primarily be developed by training-through-research under the supervision of Elke D’hoker, an expert on women’s fiction and modernist literature. The main deliverables will be two journal articles, a monograph proposal, and an edited collection, arising from an international symposium organised at KU Leuven. The research will also lead to the delivery of four conference papers, and communication to non-academic audiences through European Researchers’ Nights, a public lecture, a newspaper article, and a workshop for high school students.
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
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(si apre in una nuova finestra) HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinatore
3000 Leuven
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