Paesaggi sonori nel Bildungroman di Goliarda Sapienza

The paper examines in depth the sound experiences of Goliarda Sapienza (Catania, 1924-Gaeta 1996) through three of her coming-of-age stories: Lettera aperta, Il filo di mezzogiorno and Io, Jean Gabin. Reconstructed in the relationship with the spaces of her house, district and town, and during the years of her youth (1924-1941), these experiences appear to be a marker of identity narrative, because they depict affinities and dissimilarities, inclusions and exclusions, disparities and equalities, behaviours and other ways of giving ‘meaning’ to the writer’s microcosm. So far, the sound experiences become an instrument of knowledge, a key through which interpret Goliarda's social practices, considered both as a relationship with her community and as interpersonal relationships intertwined in the various areas of her life.