The real world and the imaginary world in Domenico Dara’s novel «Malinverno»

Abstract

The paper considers a correlation of the real world and the world of the imaginary in Domenico Dara’s novel «Malvinverno», in particular, the  role of the imaginary for understanding the protagonist’s inner world, as well as the theme of reading in the novel in general. It analyzes the author’s references to the works of L. Pirandello, F. Dostoevsky, M. Bulgakov and other Russian and foreign authors, their role in Dara’s narrative, the realization of metaphors and the characters’ transition from the plan of the imaginary to the plan of the real and back. Special attention is paid to the theme of death and the theme of duality as being central to the work in question.