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Tullio Pagano. Experimental Fictio: from Emile Zola''s Naturalism to Giovanni Verga''s Verism.(Book Review)

Publication: Italian Culture
Publication Date: 22-DEC-02
Format: Online - approximately 982 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Tullio Pagano. Experimental Fictio: From Emile Zola's Naturalism to Giovanni Verga's Verism. Madison-Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP; London: Associated U Presses, 1999. Pp. 189.

The title of Tullio Pagano's book reminds us of a critical aspect of the works of the two major authors he...

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...studies: the innovative quality of both their subject matter and their narrative techniques. In his wide-ranging comparative study of the narratives of Emile Zola and Giovanni Verga, Pagano highlights the numerous parallel theoretical considerations afforded by a study of Verga and Zola.

The text is divided into six chapters, preceded by a brief Introduction in which the author describes the theoretical orientation and content of each chapter. The first chapter, delineates the main aspects of the debate on Naturalism and Verism and surveys the major critical responses to the two authors, focusing on "ideological criticism" (8). Pagano situates his own reading...

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