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Boys on the prowl: coming-of-age narratives in postwar Italy
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Cherubini, Tiziano. Boys on the prowl: coming-of-age narratives in postwar Italy. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T31R6TZR

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TitleBoys on the prowl: coming-of-age narratives in postwar Italy
NameCherubini, Tiziano (author); Vettori, Alessandro (chair); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2018
Other Date2018-05 (degree)
SubjectItalian, Coming of age
Extent1 online resource (v, 163 p.)
DescriptionMy study counters the scholarly commonplace that the end of the Second World War brought about the demise of the Italian Bildungsroman. I argue that instead of a decline, authors Moravia, Saba, Soldati, and Morante reshaped the narrative premise. In contrast to the classical Bildungsroman (in Italian Romanzo di formazione), which narrates a protagonist’s successful integration into society, the postwar variations on the genre focus instead upon a protagonist’s altered state (encapsulated by the Italian term de-formazione). What I call Romanzo di deformazione is a sub-genre in which peer pressure, societal expectations, and family obligations distort the young protagonists’ perception of masculinity and sexuality.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Tiziano Cherubini
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T31R6TZR
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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