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Article Excerpt
Fiabe sgarrupate. By Marcello D'Orta. Venezia: Marsilio, 2005. 186 pp.
An Italian writer from the Naples area, Marcello D'Orta is well known in Italy, especially for his lo Speriamo the me la cavo (1991), a compilation of fifth-grade essays from one of the most degraded suburbs of Naples. This popular book, later turned into a movie by the Italian director Lina Wertmuller (1992), denounces the harsh living conditions of the student writers both through their stories and through the sarcastic comments of the editor.
By rewriting such classic fairy tales as "Cinderella" or "Red Riding Hood" in Fiabe sgarrupate, not only does D'Orta give them a humorous "Neapolitan" flavor, but he also locates them in his own specific sociopolitical and linguistic context (e.g., the poor, dialect-speaking suburbs of Naples) and carries on a dialogue with other fairy-tale...
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