Espressione, trasgressione, provocazione in alcuni racconti di Michele Mari
Expression, Transgression, and Provocation in Michele Mari’s Latest Short Stories

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses selected short stories from Michele Mari’s latest collection, Le maestose rovine diSferopoli [The Majestic Ruins of Sferopolis], published in 2021. This fourth anthology in Mari’s oeuvreincludes both new narratives as well as those previously published in newspapers or other short storycollections. A unifying theme across these diverse stories – varied in form, language, and subjectmatter – is the exploration of imagination and linguistic creativity. The short stories invite a deeper,meta-literary reflection on the mechanisms of narration and expression through artistic text, on challengingestablished literary canons, on expressionistic compositional oxymoronization, and on influencinghow the work is received by drawing on the cultural traditions shared with the recipient.

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