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Migrations Narrative between the Politics and the Literature

Trans-Mediterranean migrations are imposed as an important, even central, social and political issue in the Central Europe, and to a considerable extent in both Southern and Western Europe. In the 21st century migrations en général – and within them particularly trans-Mediterranean migrations – have been more present than ever in the literature that, according to Homi K. Bhabha's paraphrase of Goethe's concept, transcribe the "unhomely condition of the modern world". The perception of these migrations depends more on the narrative than on the statistics, for example the competent one published by UNHCR. The role of narrative discourse in building identity is well known. Given this, migrations are imposed as a suitable, seemingly key issue of identity and alterity. Here we intend to explore the basic types of political narrative, and what is the most prevalent literary ones about the same migrations. The approach that moves from individual to general dominates both the migrant and migration literature, as witnessed in trans-Mediterranean themes, for example by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Partir), Emine Sevgi Özdamar (Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei hat zwei Türen aus einer kam ich rein aus der anderen ging ich raus), Amelia Alberti (Canto per Anpagalan Ganneshu), Giovanni Maria Bellu (I fantasmi di Portopalo) etc. The political narrative sometime uses individual cases when it considers that they can affect perception, whether increasing fear of, or compassion and solidarity with migrants - but it is predominantly based on access from general to individual (often flirting with prejudices). Within political narratives, there is often a discrepancy between public discourse (in parliament, in media, etc.) and diplomatic discourse with other states.

Migration, Narrative, Literature, Politics, Mediterranean

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