A Disintegrated Society: Progress in Sardinia in Il Parroco di Arasolè by Francesco Masala Cover Image

La società scomposta: il progresso in Sardegna ne Il Parroco di Arasolè di Francesco Masala
A Disintegrated Society: Progress in Sardinia in Il Parroco di Arasolè by Francesco Masala

Author(s): Katarzyna Maniowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Sardinia; Francesco Masala; dissolution of personality and society; the Italian economic miracle

Summary/Abstract: In this article were examined the representation modalities of Italian economic miracle in Sardinia included in Il Parroco di Arasolè by Francesco Masala. The starting point for the author of the novel are antithetical concepts such as progress and regress, the past and the present, immutability and changes, winners and losers. In the face of changes taking place in Italian society during post-war period, Masala reflects on how economic factors have affected the society and analyses individual solutions directed to face them as well as their consequences at social and personal level.

  • Issue Year: 12/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 314-327
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Italian