By Ferdinando Morabito. The fame of the Sicilian author quickly becomes overwhelming, leading him to the highest recognition in the literary field, namely the awarding of the Nobel Prize in 1934. The reason stated reads: “For his courage and ingenious re-presentation of dramatic and theatrical […]
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By Giovanni Fighera. Great playwright, novelist, and short story writer, the Agrigentino Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century, a man of letters and, at the same time, a philosopher. He seems to embody Leopardi’s words in the Zibaldone: […]
By Mattia Cavadini. Pirandello is infinite. In both good and bad ways. Infinite, in the literal sense: that is, it never ends. Not only because of the plots of his novels, which are consistently auroral, incessantly digressive, built on continuous fantastic leaps, narrative flashes, humorous […]
As absurd as the noises that claim to be associated with spoken cinema may be, I must admit, nonetheless, that I have the idea of setting to work on the task of seeking a work of art for the cinema, a work of art that […]
By Ciro Sorrentino. Pirandello’s style is, therefore, a very personal one that, in the ability to break down and deform, in the propensity for irony and expressionism, brings him closer to the European avant-garde and to the widespread intention to reveal in the forms of […]
“I think that life is a very sad joke, because we have within us, without knowing how or why or from whom, the need to constantly deceive ourselves with the spontaneous creation of a reality (one for each of us and never the same for […]
By Sara Maria Collura. Courtesy of the Author. Pirandello’s works cannot be categorized within any contemporary literary movement. His political ideas were influenced by Bergson and his essay on laughter, in which the philosopher argues that irony is a form of detachment from the reality […]