The Intellectual as a Detective
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The Intellectual as a Detective

From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano

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The Intellectual as a Detective

From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano

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The Intellectual as a Detective: From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano offers a fresh perspective on both Italian crime fiction and the role of the intellectual in Italian society. By analyzing the characterization of men of culture as investigators, this book addresses their social commitment in a period that goes from the Sixties to today. The connection it establishes between fiction and real life makes this book an interesting addition to the debate on crime literature and its social function in Italy. The detectives created by Sciascia, Eco, Pasolini, Saviano and other novelists foster a reflection on how the narrative aspect of characterization has been used in connection with a historical perspective. Thanks to its broad scope, not limited to a single author, this book can be studied in undergraduate and graduate classes on the Italian detective novel, and it can be a helpful resource for scholars interested in characterization and the transforming figure of the intellectual in Italian society.

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Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Year
2015
ISBN
9781453913796
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Italian Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction: The Intellectual as a Detective
  4. Chapter 1: The Isolation of the Intellectual in the Works of Leonardo Sciascia
  5. Chapter 2: The Professor Investigates: Pontiggia, Piazzese, Seminerio
  6. Chapter 3: The Intellectual between Obscurantism and Renovation: Umberto Eco’s Il nome della rosa
  7. Chapter 4: Injustice, Memory and Death in the Novels of Antonio Tabucchi
  8. Chapter 5: Investigating the Condition of Women: Dacia Maraini’s Voci
  9. Chapter 6: Intellectuals in Noir
  10. Chapter 7: From Pasolini to Saviano: Reality, Fiction and Literature of Inquiry
  11. Conclusion
  12. Appendix: Biographical Information on the Authors Discussed
  13. Bibliography