Storia Europea Della Letteratura Italiana - - Iii...

The story begins with the collapse of the Ancien Régime . Italian writers like and Ugo Foscolo are no longer just "letterati" (men of letters) but "prophets" of a new nation.

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 story begins with the collapse of the Ancien Régime

He creates the modern Italian novel ( I Promessi Sposi ), adopting the historical realism of Walter Scott but infusing it with Catholic morality and linguistic unity. Italo Svevo and Luigi Pirandello shatter the traditional

This is the era of and Giacomo Leopardi . Italian literature moves away from "provincial" styles to engage with the great European debates.