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Pirandello o la stanza della tortura

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La stanza della tortura, che nei castelli medioevali acuisce nei visitatori la tensione e lo sgomento, riappare, come interno borghese, nel teatro di Pirandello, e Macchia vi scorge, sequestrati dal mondo, martirizzati da se stessi o dai loro persecutori, i personaggi più memorabili dello scrittore siciliano.

Prima edizione Oscar Scrittori del Novecento

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

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Giovanni Macchia

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Giovanni Macchia was an Italian literary critic and essayist. Born in Trani, the son of a magistrate, in 1923 Macchia moved with his family to Rome, where in 1934 he graduated in letters and philosophy with a thesis on Charles Baudelaire as a critic, a topic which was later one of his main subject of studies. He attended master classes at the Collège de France and at La Sorbonne. Starting from 1938 he was lecturer of French letters and literature at the University of Pisa, at the University of Catania and at La Sapienza in Rome, where he also founded and directed the Institute of history of the theater and performing arts. His essay about Marcel Proust, L'angelo della notte, got him a Bagutta Prize in 1979. Other main subjects of his analysis include the European theatre, the French moralists, and the Age of Enlightenment. A member of the Accademia dei Lincei since 1962, in 1990 he was awarded the Legion of Honor. In 1992 he received a Balzan Prize.

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July 12, 2021
Analisi accurata del teatro di Pirandello come messa in scena del personaggio torturato dalle richieste del gruppo borghese (e quindi della società) per conoscere la verità, che non è mai una sola e non è mai definibile una volta per tutte.
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April 9, 2025
La prima parte sviluppa un'ottima analisi dell'opera pirandelliana con riflessioni in particolare sul teatro ma con estrema attenzione anche sui romanzi.
La seconda parte a mio parere risulta toppo cervellotica spesso con discorsi articolati in modo inutilmente complesso.
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