Storia | Europea Della Letteratura Italiana - Iii...

This is the era of and Giacomo Leopardi . Italian literature moves away from "provincial" styles to engage with the great European debates.

A fragmented Italy slowly becoming part of a restless, industrializing Europe. Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...

Giovanni Verga takes the French Naturalism of Zola and adapts it to the dry, brutal landscape of Sicily ( I Malavoglia ). This is the era of and Giacomo Leopardi

The tension between Neoclassical beauty (perfection) and the "pre-romantic" obsession with death, tombs, and ruins ( I Sepolcri ). 2. The Great European Synthesis (1815–1840s) Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...