Raconter la littérature de la Suisse italienne Un territoire partagé.

Rethinking the history of literature implies considering this field of studies as a source of narrations (Wellek, Ceserani) and ideological discourses (Asor Rosa) on literature in general and, more precisely, on national literatures. It is from this perspective, that this paper aims to analyze the specific case of Swiss Italian literature and of the very few (and nowadays out-of-date) works narrating the history of this particular literary region, mainly those of Guido Calgari and Giovanni Orelli. The purpose of this analysis, that considers textual and paratextual elements of their works, is to underline the fundamental ambiguity of both their discourses and their readings of the relation between Swiss Italian literature and Italian literature. If on the one hand, their works - that are still a reference tool for those who want to discover this little-known universe - aspire to enhance the value and notoriety of this "minor" literature, on the other hand, by reinstating its dependence from, or belonging to, Italian literature, they inevitably end up marginalizing this unique literature whose history demands, and deserves, to be rethought and recounted differently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]