Dante fennicus nel 2021: un tentativo di bilancio, novità editoriali e proposte di ricerca

Riikka Ala-Risku

doi:10.6093/1826-753X/8662

Riikka Ala-Risku University of Helsinki

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/1826-753X/8662

Keywords: Dante Alighieri, Finland, Dante studies, translation, reception, Commedia, De vulgari eloquentia, Mickey Mouse

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to draw an overview of the vitality of Dante Alighieri in Finland in the context of the seven hundredth anniversary of his death. At the center of the picture are the Finnish translations and adaptations of the Commedia and other Dante's works. The frame, on the other hand, consists of the studies conducted in Finland on Dante's works and their reception, as well as on Dante's influence in Finnish literature. After a brief summary of these two strands, three new publications are presented: the translation of Mickey's Inferno (2013), the audiobook Dalla selva oscura al Paradiso (2020) and Kansankielestä. De vulgari eloquentia (2021). Proposals for future Finnish Dante studies conclude.

Author Biography

Riikka Ala-Risku, University of Helsinki

is a postdoctoral researcher and member of CoCoLaC research community (Comparing and Contrasting Languages and Cultures) of the Department of Modern Languages at University of Helsinki. Her research interests include literary multilingualism and translingualism, Italian dialects and Romance minority languages, as well as Italian contemporary literature and literary translation. Ala-Risku received her PhD degree in Italian Philology from the University of Helsinki in 2017. In her PhD thesis she analyzed multilingualism, dialect and metalanguage in contemporary Italian fiction, in the works of Sergio Atzeni, Elio Bartolini, Andrea Camilleri, Marcello Fois, Silvana Grasso, Andrej Longo, Maurizio Maggiani, Michele Mari, Salvatore Niffoi, Laura Pariani and Walter Siti. Recently she has focused on linguistic biographies in Elena Ferrante’s and Jhumpa Lahiri’s production, on one hand, and on Finnish translations and the reception of Dante Alighieri’s work in Finland, on the other.