From “Calm Chaos” to “Colibri”. The works of Sandro Veronesi
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2021-8-122-131
Abstract
The paper examines two key novels by Sandro Veronesi, the modern Italian writer, Calm Chaos (2006) and Colibri (2020). Both novels were awarded Italy’s main literary prize, the Premio Strega, which is a unique precedent. The relevance of the article comes from the high demand for research on contemporary Italian literature on the one hand and from the novelty of the proposed interpretation for the novel Calm Chaos on the other hand. For the first time, the protagonist of Calm Chaos, Pietro Palladini, is presented not as a preacher of eternal values, returning the reader to the theme of knowing oneself and the surrounding world, but as a mad visionary with clear signs of psychopathy and schizophrenia. The analysis of Veronesi’s latest novel Colibri reveals the character’s evolution and the writer’s narrative manner. The theme of psychiatry in the life of a modern person appears to be one of the key ones in Veronesi’s work.
About the Author
T. A. Bystrova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana A. Bystrova, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), associate professor
bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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Bystrova T.A. From “Calm Chaos” to “Colibri”. The works of Sandro Veronesi. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2021;1(8):122-131. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2021-8-122-131
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