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Word Shards – Anthology (M. C. Buoso) - Review by Maria Teresa De Donato
Word
Shards – Anthology by Maria Cristina Buoso
Review
by Maria Teresa De Donato
A remarkable expressive
ability and a desire for experimentation characterize Maria Cristina Buoso’s literary
production.
In Schegge di parole (= Word
Shards), this second aspect certainly dominates and takes the
reader back, at least as far as the form is concerned, to the literary
avant-gardes of the early twentieth century. These avant-gardes aimed to break
with the past and with tradition and, on the contrary, projected towards the
future, modernity, speed, and technology. This was especially true of the
futurist current this Anthology is inspired by.
From an aesthetic point
of view, onomatopoeic expressions, ‘free words’ that do not respect the use of
margins, uppercase, and lowercase letters used to emphasize concepts and
feelings rather than respecting spelling rules; extremely short sentences,
often expressed by a single verb are like bullets that hit a target, they get
straight to the point, they do not get lost in explanations or narratives.
The concept is clear,
and the
message is almost brutal. There are no embellishments of any kind.
The precariousness of
Life is denounced openly and without subterfuge or euphemisms:
*Let's
Paint
with
our Hands
So as NOT to Dirty our
Hearts
with
Too Much Joy.* (Buoso, 2021, p. 12)
The theme of femininity
is also present in this work. However, it is not a superficial, ephemeral, or
sappy femininity, but rather an authentic, visceral, rebellious, and contesting
one that scrupulously observes the world around her and, in particular, her own
"cracks":
I
am a shadow
That
CROSSES My Body
That
Trudges Tired
[…]
Among
Lost Petals […]
Of
Dust and Smoke. (p. 13)
Aspects such as fake
feelings, indifference, and hostility are denounced by highlighting the
spiritual poverty that dominates today's world full of "soulless
bodies..." (p. 19)
Parentheses used in
reverse and interspersed with suspension points seem to be the metaphor of how
everything and the opposite of everything is possible: nothing is certain,
nothing is defined, everything is yet to be discovered, understood, evolved ...
while the observer can only wait for what must happen ... to reveal itself.
For the reader who goes beyond
the aesthetic examination, Schegge di parole is an Anthology of profound
concepts, truths, even burning ones, that are shouted and revealed without
subterfuge or word games. Those who must understand ... and want to ... they will, while the others ... shall
continue to lead their meaningless life
“In
the Coldness of the Winter
Of
a Modern World.* (p. 44)
A further characteristic
of this work is the alternating sensations, feelings, hopes, and desires, through
which it distances itself from Futurism precisely because of these aspects.
Although from an
aesthetic point of view, this Anthology takes us back to Filippo Tommaso
Marinetti and the Manifesto of the avant-garde literary movement he developed,
in substance we perceive from the verses of the author, Maria Cristina Buoso, a
feeling of anger and frustration, but also a nostalgic streak for something
that Humanity has lost and that seems difficult, if not impossible, to recover
and, therefore, the consequent and veiled regret for a tradition and a past
that are certainly more significant.
Schegge di parole – Silloge (M. C. Buoso) - Recensione di Maria Teresa De Donato
Schegge di parole – Silloge di Maria Cristina Buoso
Recensione di Maria Teresa De Donato
Una capacità espressiva notevole ed un desiderio di sperimentazione
caratterizzano la produzione letteraria di Maria Cristina Buoso.
In Schegge di parole questo secondo aspetto domina sicuramente e
riporta il lettore, almeno per ciò che concerne la forma, alle avanguardie
letterarie degli inizi del Novecento, che miravano alla rottura con il passato
e con la tradizione e, al contrario, erano proiettate verso il futuro, la
modernità, la velocità e la tecnologia.
Questo fu il caso soprattutto della corrente futurista cui questa Silloge sembra
ispirarsi.
Da un punto di vista estetico, espressioni onomatopeiche, ‘parole in libertà’
che non rispettano l’uso dei margini; maiuscole e minuscole usate per
enfatizzare concetti e sentimenti piuttosto che rispettare regole di ortografia;
frasi estremamente brevi, spesso espresse da un singolo verbo sono come
proiettili che colpiscono un bersaglio, arrivano dritti al punto, non si
perdono in spiegazioni o narrative.
Il concetto è chiaro, il messaggio quasi brutale. Non ci sono abbellimenti
di alcun tipo.
La precarietà della Vita viene denunciata apertamente e senza sotterfugi né
eufemismi:
*Dipingiamo
con le Mani
Per Non
Sporcare il Cuore
con
Troppa Allegria.* (Buoso, 2021, p. 12)
Il tema della femminilità è anche presente in questa opera. Non si tratta, tuttavia, di una femminilità
superficiale, effimera o sdolcinata, ma piuttosto autentica, viscerale, ribelle
e contestatrice che osserva scrupolosamente il mondo intorno a sé ed in modo
particolare le proprie “crepe”:
Sono un’ombra
Che
ATTRAVERSA il Mio Corpo
Che
Arranca Stanco
[…]
Tra Petali
Smarriti […]
Di
Polvere e di Fumo. (p. 13)
Aspetti quali falsi sentimenti, indifferenza ed ostilità vengono denunciati
evidenziando la povertà spirituale che domina il Mondo di oggi pieno di “corpi
senz’anima…” (p. 19)
Parentesi utilizzate al contrario ed inframezzate da puntini di sospensione
sembrano essere la metafora di come tutto ed il contrario di tutto sia possibile:
nulla è certo, nulla è definito, tutto è ancora da scoprire, da capire, da
evolversi…mentre all’osservatore non resta che aspettare che ciò che deve
essere… si riveli.
Per il lettore che non si fermasse all’esame estetico, Schegge di parole è una Silloge dai
concetti profondi, dalle verità, anche scottanti, che vengono urlate, rivelate
senza sotterfugi né giochi di parole.
Chi deve capire… e vuol capire… capirà, mentre gli altri… continueranno
a condurre la loro vita priva di senso
“Nel Freddo dell’Inverno
Di un Mondo Moderno.* (p. 44)
L’altalenarsi di sensazioni, sentimenti, speranze e desideri è un’ulteriore
caratteristica di questo lavoro che, proprio per questi aspetti, di fatto si
distanzia dal Futurismo.
Se dal punto di vista estetico questa Silloge ci riporta, quindi, a Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti e al Manifesto della corrente letteraria d’avanguardia da lui
elaborato, nella sostanza si percepisce dai versi dell’autrice, Maria Cristian
Buoso, un sentimento sì di rabbia e frustrazione, ma anche una vena nostalgica
per un qualcosa che l’Umanità ha perduto e che sembra difficile, se non
impossibile, recuperare e, quindi, il conseguente e velato rimpianto per una
tradizione ed un passato certamente più significativi.
Wortfragmente – Anthologie (M. C. Buoso) - Rezension von Maria Teresa De Donato
Wortfragmente – Anthologie von Maria Cristina Buoso
Rezension von Maria Teresa De Donato
Eine bemerkenswerte Ausdrucksfähigkeit und Experimentierfreude kennzeichnen
das literarische Schaffen von Maria Cristina Buoso.
In Schegge di parole (= Wortfragmente) dominiert dieser zweite
Aspekt zweifellos und führt den Leser, zumindest was die Form betrifft, zurück
zu den literarischen Avantgarden des frühen zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, die
darauf abzielten, mit der Vergangenheit und der Tradition zu brechen und im
Gegenteil auf die Zukunft, Modernität, Geschwindigkeit und Technologie
ausgerichtet waren.
Dies traf insbesondere auf die futuristische Bewegung zu, von der diese
Kollektion inspiriert zu sein scheint. Aus ästhetischer Sicht lautmalerische
Ausdrücke, „freie Wörter“, die die Verwendung von Rändern nicht respektieren; Groß-
und Kleinbuchstaben werden verwendet, um Konzepte und Gefühle hervorzuheben,
anstatt Rechtschreibregeln zu befolgen; Extrem kurze Sätze, oft durch ein
einziges Verb ausgedrückt, sind wie Kugeln, die ihr Ziel treffen: Sie kommen
direkt auf den Punkt und verlieren sich nicht in Erklärungen oder Erzählungen.
Das Konzept ist klar, die Botschaft fast brutal. Es gibt keinerlei
Verzierungen. Die Unsicherheit des Lebens wird offen und ohne Ausreden oder
Euphemismen angeprangert:
*Lass uns malen
mit den Händen
um das Herz mit zu viel Freude
nicht zu beschmutzen .*
(Buoso, 2021, S. 12)
Auch das Thema Weiblichkeit ist in dieser Arbeit präsent. Es handelt sich
jedoch nicht um eine oberflächliche, flüchtige oder zuckersüße Weiblichkeit,
sondern vielmehr um eine authentische, aus dem Bauch kommende, rebellische und
protestierende Weiblichkeit, die die Welt um sie herum und insbesondere ihre
eigenen „Risse“ gewissenhaft beobachtet:
Ich bin ein Schatten
Das DURCH meinen Körper GEHT
Das müde beginnt
[…]
Unter verlorenen
Blütenblättern […]
Aus Staub und Rauch. (Seite 13)
Aspekte wie falsche Gefühle, Gleichgültigkeit und Feindseligkeit werden
angeprangert und die geistige Armut hervorgehoben, die in der heutigen Welt
voller „Körper ohne Seelen …“ herrscht (S. 19).
Rückwärts verwendete Klammern, durchsetzt mit Aufhängungspunkten, scheinen
eine Metapher dafür zu sein, dass alles und das Gegenteil von allem möglich
ist: Nichts ist sicher, nichts ist definiert, alles muss noch entdeckt,
verstanden und entwickelt werden … während der Betrachter müssen wir nicht
einfach warten, bis das, was geschehen soll, enthüllt wird.
Für den Leser, der nicht bei der ästhetischen Betrachtung stehen bleibt,
ist Schegge di parole eine Anthologie tiefgründiger Konzepte,
Wahrheiten, auch brennender, die ohne Ausflüchte oder Wortspiele
herausgeschrien und enthüllt werden. Wer verstehen muss ... und verstehen will,
... wird verstehen, während die anderen weiterhin ihr sinnloses Leben führen
werden.
„In der Kälte des Winters
Von einer modernen Welt.* (S. 44)
Der Wechsel von Empfindungen, Gefühlen, Hoffnungen und Wünschen ist ein
weiteres Charakteristikum dieser Arbeit, die sich gerade in diesen Aspekten vom
Futurismus abgrenzt.
Wenn uns diese Anthologie aus ästhetischer Sicht zurück zu Filippo Tommaso
Marinetti und dem Manifest der von ihm entwickelten avantgardistischen
literarischen Bewegung führt, so spüren wir in den Versen der Autorin Maria
Cristian Buoso im Wesentlichen ein Gefühl von Wut und Frustration, aber auch
eine nostalgische Ader nach etwas, das die Menschheit verloren hat und das nur
schwer, wenn nicht gar unmöglich wiederzuerlangen scheint, und daher das daraus
resultierende und verschleierte Bedauern gegenüber einer Tradition und
Vergangenheit, die sicherlich bedeutsamer sind.
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Missing Puzzles – Review by Giuseppe Storti
Missing Puzzles – A Novel
by Maria Teresa De Donato
Review by Giuseppe Storti
The Romans had the cult
of ancestors The "mos maiorum", literally: the ancestors' customs, is
the founding core of Roman civilization. The Romans jealously guarded the Lares
and Penates in their homes. In every Roman domus, there were statuettes that
symbolized the Lares who protected the family. While the Penates are guardian
spirits of the family's food reserves. A cult that was passed down from father
to son.
The book by Dr. De Donato, which reconstructs the life of her ancestors in its dense plot backward, does nothing but revive a tradition and a culture that Western civilization has forged in its DNA. The story and reconstruction of one's family's past must be done exclusively by projecting one's present into the past before time can inexorably erase its traces. We are nothing if we do not remember what we have been.
Reconstructing the past through genealogical research of one's ancestors strengthens one's identity, allowing one to face the future with more certainty. Indeed, only those with a solid past can face future challenges with more strength and optimism. The talented writer goes back in time, as in an imaginary machine, through accurate genealogical research, combined with a meticulous analysis of the personality and behavior of those who preceded her. She even studies the influences that have modified the character and behavior of her ancestors in the passage of various historical eras. It starts from the barbarian invasions, passes through the Middle Ages, and reaches the twentieth century. A truly fascinating journey.
The description of the most important historical events that have characterized the history of the European continent is also very accurate. The pages on the origins of her father and mother are beautiful and very emotional, with considerations of the effects that the unfortunate event of the Second World War had on her nuclear family. Finally, the immense gratitude of a daughter for the love received and the conspicuous cultural heritage inherited from her family, with the load of traditions to respect and love.
It is an autobiographical novel based on the narrative thread of the so-called memoirs that are having great success in the contemporary publishing scene. A book to read precisely because it is a fitting example of the value of memory, which must be cultivated and loved and, above all, must be witnessed in the only possible way so as not to vanish: that is, with writing. The missing puzzle the author manages to find at the end of her careful research is precisely in that inestimable cultural heritage inherited from her large family.