Mafarka il futurista as the Italian novel of the future. F.T. Marinetti and a contest by Poesia Cover Image

Mafarka il futurista come romanzo italiano dell’avvenire. F.T. Marinetti e il grande concorso di Poesia
Mafarka il futurista as the Italian novel of the future. F.T. Marinetti and a contest by Poesia

Author(s): Vincenzo Pernice
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Novel
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Futurism; Mafarka; Marinetti; novel; Poesia

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to link the writing of F.T. Marinetti’s Mafarka il futurista with the “great contest for an unpublished italian novel” proposed by the literary magazine Poesia. The negative ending of this competition raises several aesthetic issues, similar to the ones that may have guided the father of Futurism in writing his first novel. Therefore, it is possible to confirm the precocious interest of the Italian avant-garde in the novel genre.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 52-59
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Italian