Colonia italiana e narrazione letteraria

Abstract

Despite the recent evolution in studies concerning Italian colonialism in Africa and the valuable contributions from historians, writers, and critics who have highlighted the more genuine and tragic aspects of Italian colonization, a significant portion of this historical narrative continues to be overlooked even today. The debate that accompanied and followed the Italian presence in Africa has been characterized—most prominently—by a deliberate intent to obscure the truth about the events that defined it, making it rather challenging to identify sources pertinent to an accurate historical and literary reconstruction. However, as has often been the case, and even before History, Literature has succeeded in articulating how Italian colonialism was neither different, nor more humane, nor more tolerant than that of others.