LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO UN SECOLO DOPO
ISSN 2283 - 4281
Language: Italian
Publisher: Paolo Loffredo Iniziative Editoriali Srl
Description
LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO
UN SECOLO DOPO
The authors of the fourteen essays in this volume, conceived for the occasion of the centenary of the first edition of the Conscience, did not intend the task from a merely celebratory perspective: the third novel by Italo Svevo, which has long been identified as one of the classics of Novecento, perhaps the most relevant narrative text of the Modernist season in Italy, no longer needs recognition from critics or the public. The idea was instead to share fourteen research experiences, the result of different instances and methodologies, but united by the intention of taking a further step forward in the knowledge of the novel from an interpretative, linguistic or comparative perspective, depending on the case. The plurality of methods and perspectives was further nourished by the point of view of interpreters who belong to different generations. Crossing their languages and their analyzes seemed like another way to restore the richness of the novel and explore the paths it still contains within its pages.
Interventions by: Elisabetta Abignente, Riccardo Cepach, Silvia Contarini, Claudio Gigante, Francesca Nassi, Nunzia Palmieri, Matteo Palumbo, Giulio Savelli, Mario Sechi, Beatrice Stasi, Simone Ticciati, Massimiliano Tortora, Simone Ventura, Fabio Vittorini.
Authors
Claudio Gigante is full professor of Italian literature at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He has dealt with literature of the Renaissance and the modern age, with numerous interventions on the Risorgimento and the twentieth century. He edited the edition of various classics, including Coscienza di Zeno (Mondadori, 2021). He dedicated the essay Una coscienza europea. Zeno e la tradizione moderna (Carocci, 2020).
Matteo Palumbo is honorary professor of Italian literature at the University of Naples Federico II. He was mainly interested in Renaissance culture and nineteenth-twentieth century literature. His most recent publications are: «Ei fu». Vita letteraria di Napoleone da Foscolo a Gadda (Salerno, 2021) and the commentary on Ricordi di Francesco Guicciardini (Einaudi, 2023).
