Verga tra folklore e modernità | P. Pellini, I. Gambacorti , G. Tellini, A. G. Drago

Within the Italian novelistic tradition, Verga was undoubtedly a pivotal author, serving as a link between nineteenth-century realism and modernist experimentalism. For this reason, on the centenary of his death, it seems appropriate to reflect again on one of the fathers of the twentieth-century Italian novel, analyzing his relationship with popular tradition and the typical structures of fairy tales, and carefully discussing his place within European currents such as naturalism and modernism. Furthermore, confirming the modernity and remarkable versatility of Verga's writing, his relationship with theater, opera, and cinema will also be presented, demonstrating both his rewriting strategies and the ways in which, by adapting them, Verga updated the content of his works, especially his early works. Speakers Pierluigi Pellini is full professor of Contemporary Italian Literature at the University of Siena, where he also teaches Comparative Literature and French Literature. Her main research areas are nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European realist fiction; the fantastic tale in nineteenth-century literature; twentieth-century Italian poetry; and contemporary critical theories. For Mondadori's "I Meridiani," she edited the Novels of É. Zola (3 volumes, 2010-2015); for Mulino, she wrote a monograph on Verga (2012). Angela Gigliola Drago is an associate professor of Italian Literature at the Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation at the University of Bari. She has authored numerous scholarly publications on various authors and themes in Italian literature, particularly Leopardi and Verga, with essays covering their entire oeuvre (Leopardi's Paralipomeni, Zibaldone, and Operette morali; Verga's novels and short stories). Two monographs are particularly noteworthy: Il poeta nell'Ade. Commentary on Cantos VII and VIII of the "Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia" by Giacomo Leopardi (Giardini Editori, Pisa-Rome, 2004) and Verga. Writing and Criticism (Author's Profile and History of Critical Acclaim), published in 2018 by Pacini Editore. Irene Gambacorti is an associate professor of Italian Literature at the University of Florence. She specializes in 19th- and 20th-century fiction and poetry in relation to their historical and social context and other art forms. She has published volumes and essays on Manzoni, Verga, Palazzeschi, and Bianciardi, on Risorgimento and Scapigliatura fiction and poetry, on the duel in literature, and on the relationship between literature and cinema. Gino Tellini, Professor Emeritus of Italian Literature at the University of Florence, founded the International Doctorate in Italian Studies and the "Aldo Palazzeschi" Study Center at the University of Florence. Since 1994, he has taught at the Italian School of Middlebury College (USA, Vermont, and California). He has taught courses for several years at the University of Bonn. He has devoted himself to research on literary civilization from Dante to the twentieth century. His publications for Le Monnier Università/Mondadori Education include: Methods and Protagonists of Literary Criticism (2010, 2019); Italian Literature. A Study Method (2011, 2014); Nature and Art in Italian Literature. Among Gardens, Orchards, and Fruit Orchards (2015); History of the Italian Novel (2017), and Teaching Italian Literature (with Gino Ruozzi, 2020).