Series | Italianistica. Nuova serie
Volume 2 | Monograph | A Self-Reflexive Verista

A Self-Reflexive Verista

Metareference and Autofiction in Luigi Capuana’s Narrative
open access | peer reviewed
  • Brian Zuccala - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa - email

Abstract

With a Preface by Edwige Comoy Fusaro, this volume is one of few monographs on Italian post-Risorgimento author Luigi Capuana, and the first one written in English in more than forty years. Narratology and critical theory are combined with more ‘traditional’, historical-philological criticism to offer a radical rereading of the author’s narrative. Central to this study is the seemingly counter-intuitive notion of artistic self-reflexivity, which represents an innovative take on an author like Capuana, who has long been ‘canonised’ as a verista.

Keywords Rereading the canonFin de siècleLuigi CapuanaGender and narrativePost-Unification Italy

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-398-4 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-398-4 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-399-1 | Number of pages 140 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published June 26, 2020 | Accepted Oct. 30, 2019 | Submitted Sept. 27, 2019 | Language en