The third volume of Storia europea della letteratura italiana , titled (Literary Modernity), covers the period from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. It explores how Italian literature integrated into the broader European cultural landscape during the transition from the Enlightenment to Romanticism and eventually to the avant-gardes. 1. The Crisis of the Old World (Late 1700s)
They mirror the Sturm und Drang movement in Germany and the political upheaval of the French Revolution. Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...
Italo Svevo and Luigi Pirandello shatter the traditional narrative. Svevo brings Freud’s psychoanalysis into the novel ( La coscienza di Zeno ), while Pirandello deconstructs the human identity ( Il fu Mattia Pascal ). Summary for your "Solid Story" Protagonists: The "Intellectual-Hero" (Foscolo) →right arrow The "Moral Educator" (Manzoni) →right arrow The "Fragmented Individual" (Pirandello). The third volume of Storia europea della letteratura
After the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento), the focus shifts to the harsh reality of the new state. The Crisis of the Old World (Late 1700s)
As the century closes, the "solid" reality of the 1800s dissolves into psychology and symbolism.