Salgari wasn’t appreciated a lot until half the 20th Century, but today literary criticism recognizes Salgari’s fiction, which interprets the needs of the new nation after unification. Sandokan is the main character of one of Salgari’s most important novels; he represents a return to the myth of the origins, according to the latest Garibaldi’s model, betweeen the development of Italian industry and troubles of the South, in a broader and broader world. Salgarian hero dialogues with Mr Average, in a visionary realism, between cupio dissolvi and a furious vital force. Salgarian fiction translates a new model of human condition with a rebirth of the myth.
Le 'Tigri' salgariane (1883-1900) tra Ulisse, la "perla" e l'Impero, in Atti del X Congresso ADI (13-16 settembre 2006). La Letteratura italiana a congresso. tomo II, Lecce, PensaMultimedia 2008, pp. 797-805
FILIERI, EMILIO
2008-01-01
Abstract
Salgari wasn’t appreciated a lot until half the 20th Century, but today literary criticism recognizes Salgari’s fiction, which interprets the needs of the new nation after unification. Sandokan is the main character of one of Salgari’s most important novels; he represents a return to the myth of the origins, according to the latest Garibaldi’s model, betweeen the development of Italian industry and troubles of the South, in a broader and broader world. Salgarian hero dialogues with Mr Average, in a visionary realism, between cupio dissolvi and a furious vital force. Salgarian fiction translates a new model of human condition with a rebirth of the myth.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.