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Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures The Transitional Human Being: Literary, Journalistic, and Cinematographic Representations of the Twentieth- And
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Interdisciplinary Approach
This book uniquely blends literary, journalistic, and cinematic perspectives, providing a comprehensive understanding of transitional human experiences across different media, enhancing scholarly discourse.
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It offers deep cultural insights into the representation of human identities in the twentieth century, appealing to scholars and enthusiasts of history, literature, and film.
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- This book analyzes the crisis of the idea of human being based on timeless notions, in the Euroamerican context, as seen primarily through literature and cinema. It focuses on Italy, which has been and remains a crossroads for diverse cultural and political currents--open to Mediterranean cultural influences while remaining within a typically Western cultural context. The new man, defined by Corrado Alvaro during his trip in Russia in 1934 as transitional, implies a human being with a fundamental need for change. Instead of the new man, Italo Calvino in the 1960 preface to his I nostri antenati wrote about the incomplete human being who is always changing, always being completed without ever reaching completion, and thus always in transition. In these pages, the author examines the twentieth- and twenty-first-centuries Italian metamorphosis of the concept of the human being, mirroring closely at every historical turn the contextual demands of the country. From Brignone's film Sotto la croce del sud (1938), and its faulted biracial protagonists to the Netflix series Summertime (2020), characterized by the intentional lack of problematization of a multicultural society; from the fascist manhood represented by Roberto Rossellini's aviator modern knight of our time(1942), to Fellini's Marcello who chooses to not choose (1959); from Marinetti's idea of the woman who belonged to the race's development (1919) to Mazzacurati's Mara, who wishes to live thirteen different lives (2007); from Primo Levi's non-humans and stripped men, to not-belonging, to Arendt's stateless persons, to migrants crossing the desert and the Mediterranean sea in Segre's and Rosi's movies (2008, 2016): the journey chronicled in these pages is a surprising one, as today's Italy is very different than that imagined toward the second half of the nineteenth century.
| Book format | Hardcover |
| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | November, 2025 |
| Pages | 306 |
| Subgenre | European |
| Series title | Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Purdue University Press |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 0.81 x 9.00 in (15.2 x 2.1 x 22.9 cm) |
| Assembled product weight | 1.4 lb (640 grams) |
| Bisac subject heading | Literary Criticism |
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Literature Scholars
Ideal for those researching transitional human themes in literature and their representations in various forms of media.
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Beneficial for students studying the intersection of literature and cinema, focusing on representation and narrative techniques.
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Cultural Critics
Useful for critics examining societal transformations in the 20th century through literary and cinematic lenses.
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Casual Readers
May be too academic and dense for those looking for light, entertaining literature without scholarly analysis.
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Answer: The publication date for this hardcover book is set for November 15, 2025.
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- Explores the crisis of the concept of human being in Euroamerican context.
- Focuses on Italy as a cultural and political crossroads.
- Analyzes transitions in human representation through literature and cinema.
- Covers works from the 1930s to the 21st century.
- Highlights the evolving identity and multicultural society in Italy.
- Provokes thought on the notion of an incomplete human being in constant transition.
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