The aim of this essay is to explore the relationship between the word and the fictional concealment in the narrative work of one of the most original – but, strangely, least known – Italian authors of the 20th century, Tommaso Landolfi. This analysis examines a single work by Landolfi, the long story Ottavio di Saint-Vincent, which seems to have a particular relationship with the whole narrative production of this author because of its concern with metanarrative. The story of the poor poet Ottavio of Saint Vincent, who pretends to be a fictional duke conforming to the duchess’ wishes, surfaces more than once as a metaphor for literary creation itself.
The Word as Mask. A Reading of Tommaso Landolfi’s Ottavio di Saint-Vincent
GARDONCINI, ALICE
2016
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to explore the relationship between the word and the fictional concealment in the narrative work of one of the most original – but, strangely, least known – Italian authors of the 20th century, Tommaso Landolfi. This analysis examines a single work by Landolfi, the long story Ottavio di Saint-Vincent, which seems to have a particular relationship with the whole narrative production of this author because of its concern with metanarrative. The story of the poor poet Ottavio of Saint Vincent, who pretends to be a fictional duke conforming to the duchess’ wishes, surfaces more than once as a metaphor for literary creation itself.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
