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SE2 E06 Stella Borg Barthet Markapaġna

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Rachel Baldacchino tiddiskuti ma’ Stella Borg Barthet ir-rumanz ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’ (Aquilina, 1980), l-element postkolonjali f’dan ir-rumanz, l-interrogazzjoni li jagħmel Ebejer tal-identità Maltija, u dwar l-importanza tal-passat speċjalment għal min hu kkolonizzat.

Stella Borg Barthet hija professur fid-Dipartiment tal-Ingliż fl-Università ta’ Malta, fejn tagħti korsijiet fuq il-letteratura postkolonjali, u fuq il-fizzjoni Ingliża u Amerikana tas-sekli tmintax u dsatax. Fl-2005 tellgħet il-konferenza European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS), u fis-sena ta’ wara ġiet maħtura bħala aġġudikatriċi tal-Premju tal-Kittieba tal-Commonwealth. Prof Borg Barthet ippubblikat diversi studji fuq kitba postkolonjali u ta’ immigrazzjoni kontemporanja. Bħalissa waħda mill-interessi tar-riċerka tagħha hija l-letteratura Mediterranja.

Kotba diskussi f’dan l-episodju:

Francis Ebejer, ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’, (Aquilina, 1980)

Mużika:

Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’

https://michaelazzopardi.xyz/

Markapaġna hija produzzjoni tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb imxandra b’kollaborazzjoni ma’ MaltaToday.

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Rachel Baldacchino discusses with Stella Borg Barthet the novel ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’ (Aquilina, 1980), the postcolonial element of this novel, Ebejer’s interrogation of the Maltese identity, and the importance of history especially for the colonised.

Stella Borg Barthet is Professor in the Department of English,University of Malta, where she teaches courses on postcolonial literature, and on 18th and 19th century English and American fiction. She convened the European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS) conference in 2005 and was appointed adjudicator for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize the following year. Prof Borg Barthet has published many papers on postcolonial and contemporary migrant writing. Her current research interests include Mediterranean literature.

Books discussed in this episode:

Francis Ebejer, ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’, (Aquilina, 1980)

Music

Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’

https://michaelazzopardi.xyz/

Markapaġna is produced by the National Book Council and aired in collaboration with MaltaToday.

Follow us on Facebook, YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For more information visit ​​https://ktieb.org.mt/.

Rachel Baldacchino tiddiskuti ma’ Stella Borg Barthet ir-rumanz ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’ (Aquilina, 1980), l-element postkolonjali f’dan ir-rumanz, l-interrogazzjoni li jagħmel Ebejer tal-identità Maltija, u dwar l-importanza tal-passat speċjalment għal min hu kkolonizzat.

Stella Borg Barthet hija professur fid-Dipartiment tal-Ingliż fl-Università ta’ Malta, fejn tagħti korsijiet fuq il-letteratura postkolonjali, u fuq il-fizzjoni Ingliża u Amerikana tas-sekli tmintax u dsatax. Fl-2005 tellgħet il-konferenza European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS), u fis-sena ta’ wara ġiet maħtura bħala aġġudikatriċi tal-Premju tal-Kittieba tal-Commonwealth. Prof Borg Barthet ippubblikat diversi studji fuq kitba postkolonjali u ta’ immigrazzjoni kontemporanja. Bħalissa waħda mill-interessi tar-riċerka tagħha hija l-letteratura Mediterranja.

Kotba diskussi f’dan l-episodju:

Francis Ebejer, ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’, (Aquilina, 1980)

Mużika:

Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’

https://michaelazzopardi.xyz/

Markapaġna hija produzzjoni tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb imxandra b’kollaborazzjoni ma’ MaltaToday.

Segwi fuq Facebook, YouTube, jew bħala awdjo fuq Spotify u Apple Podcasts u għal aktar informazzjoni żur https://ktieb.org.mt/.

EN

Rachel Baldacchino discusses with Stella Borg Barthet the novel ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’ (Aquilina, 1980), the postcolonial element of this novel, Ebejer’s interrogation of the Maltese identity, and the importance of history especially for the colonised.

Stella Borg Barthet is Professor in the Department of English,University of Malta, where she teaches courses on postcolonial literature, and on 18th and 19th century English and American fiction. She convened the European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS) conference in 2005 and was appointed adjudicator for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize the following year. Prof Borg Barthet has published many papers on postcolonial and contemporary migrant writing. Her current research interests include Mediterranean literature.

Books discussed in this episode:

Francis Ebejer, ‘Requiem for a Malta Fascist (or The Interrogation)’, (Aquilina, 1980)

Music

Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’

https://michaelazzopardi.xyz/

Markapaġna is produced by the National Book Council and aired in collaboration with MaltaToday.

Follow us on Facebook, YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For more information visit ​​https://ktieb.org.mt/.

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