Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura

This paper analyzes the representation of bullying in literature, focusing on the story told in Musil’s Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß (1906). The analysis focuses on the behavior of the victim and his observer, showing how identification with the fate of the bullied person is the conditio to...

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Main Author: Silvia Ulrich
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Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/ricognizioni/article/view/7020
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description This paper analyzes the representation of bullying in literature, focusing on the story told in Musil’s Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß (1906). The analysis focuses on the behavior of the victim and his observer, showing how identification with the fate of the bullied person is the conditio to sharpen the observer's cognitive and critical skills, which are useful in spurring the victim to react proactively and effectively to the bullying suffered. Törleß’s ‘second sight’ – a key principle for understanding the complexity of the real, grounded in the idea of the “vivisection of the soul” – allows for the establishment of correspondences with today’s ‘second-hand’ viewing by the viewer who, through the ‘technological gaze’ made possible by the display, enjoys episodes of school violence. Finally, resorting to the argument set forth by Vattimo and Rovatti in Pensiero debole, the present contribution shows – mutatis mutandis – how today’s phenomenon of cyberbullying is animated by dynamics already explored by literature more than a century ago and yet still capable of providing ethical and empowering responses even to the so-called Millennials and the Generation Z.
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spelling doaj.art-d14f8f6ddc00490b879dc69e76f94abd2022-12-31T17:06:26ZdeuUniversità degli Studi di TorinoRiCognizioni2384-89872022-12-0191810.13135/2384-8987/7020Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteraturaSilvia Ulrich0Università degli Studi di Torino This paper analyzes the representation of bullying in literature, focusing on the story told in Musil’s Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß (1906). The analysis focuses on the behavior of the victim and his observer, showing how identification with the fate of the bullied person is the conditio to sharpen the observer's cognitive and critical skills, which are useful in spurring the victim to react proactively and effectively to the bullying suffered. Törleß’s ‘second sight’ – a key principle for understanding the complexity of the real, grounded in the idea of the “vivisection of the soul” – allows for the establishment of correspondences with today’s ‘second-hand’ viewing by the viewer who, through the ‘technological gaze’ made possible by the display, enjoys episodes of school violence. Finally, resorting to the argument set forth by Vattimo and Rovatti in Pensiero debole, the present contribution shows – mutatis mutandis – how today’s phenomenon of cyberbullying is animated by dynamics already explored by literature more than a century ago and yet still capable of providing ethical and empowering responses even to the so-called Millennials and the Generation Z. https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/ricognizioni/article/view/7020Robert MusilTörleßPensiero debole(Cyber)Bullying
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Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura
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Robert Musil
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Pensiero debole
(Cyber)Bullying
title Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura
title_full Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura
title_fullStr Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura
title_full_unstemmed Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura
title_short Bullismo e cyberbullismo nella letteratura
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topic Robert Musil
Törleß
Pensiero debole
(Cyber)Bullying
url https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/ricognizioni/article/view/7020
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