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Interfacing with Reality: Zeno and the Unstable Narrative

Wyatt, Andrew L, Wyatt
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463138182

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2016, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
I originally read Italo Svevo’s La coscienza di Zeno in a modern Italian literature class and was struck by how unknown the novel is. I was also taking a course on the modernist novel, and while we discussed William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf, there was no mention of Svevo and his brilliant conception of the modernist novel. I made it my goal to read Svevo’s novel in Italian and present it in a format that is accessible to anyone who may not be able read the criticism in Italian. This thesis is an attempt to bring Svevo to a wider audience and involve him in the same discussions as other famous modernist authors. What follows is an examination of Svevo’s background and the history of the city of Trieste. It covers all the major historical events as they relate to the distinct identity of the city. I will then examine the specifics of the novel to draw a connection between the city of Trieste and the technique of Svevo in crafting the novel. Finally, I will return to a discussion of Svevo’s life to uncover how he conceives of literature in a new and innovative way that both likens him to and distances him from other famous modernist authors. In doing so, I will show how La coscienza di Zeno utilizes literature to create a complex exchange between literature and reality.
Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Marcello Fantoni, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Wesley Raabe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
124 p.
Literature; Modern Literature
Literature; Italian; Italian Studies; Italo Svevo; La coscienza di Zeno; Trieste; Modernism

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  • Wyatt, Wyatt, A. L. (2016). Interfacing with Reality: Zeno and the Unstable Narrative [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463138182

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wyatt, Wyatt, Andrew. Interfacing with Reality: Zeno and the Unstable Narrative. 2016. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463138182.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wyatt, Wyatt, Andrew. "Interfacing with Reality: Zeno and the Unstable Narrative." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1463138182

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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