Fabiano Gritti
Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, Katedra Cudzich Jazykov, Faculty Member
- Philosophy, Comparative Literature, European History, 20th Century Italian Literature, InterCultural Studies, Teology, and 50 moreTeology and Literature, Italian Literature, Contemporary Italian History and Politics, Contemporary Italian Literature, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Occultism, Mormon History, Italian Studies, Adriano Spatola, Emilio Villa, Giuseppe Prezzolini, Giovanni Papini, katolícka moderna na Slovensku, Mormon Theology;, Mormonism, Neoplatonism, Neoplatonism and late antique philosophy, Neoplatonismo, Cultural Studies, Corrado Costa, Amelia Rosselli, Nanni Balestrini, Edoardo Sanguineti, Giorgio Manganelli, Gruppo 63, Vittorio Sereni, Contemporary Italian Poetry, Il Pensiero Politico Di Machiavelli, Machiavellism, Anti-Machiavellismo, Machiavelli, Renaissance Humanism, Niccolò Machiavelli, Letteratura Postcoloniale Italiana, Colonialism, Migrant Literature, Migrant and Diasporic Literature, Posthumanism, Anthropocene, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Studies, Italian Migrant Literature, Culture and the Anthropocene, Postcolonial Studies, Migration Studies, Contemporary Literature, Italian Philosophy, Enrico Testa, Modern Italian Poetry, and Gianfranco Continiedit
- I’m currently Associated Professor at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, where in the 2014 I earned... moreI’m currently Associated Professor at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, where in the 2014 I earned the habilitation in italian literature.
My research interests actually are mainly on the literary avantgarde of the twentieth century, the relationship between literature and society, and the problem of the meaning and role of literature in the contemporary age. The latter was the main theme of my dissertation work, which considered the period between the end of the forties and the late sixties, times of radical changes in Italian society and consequently also in the culture and literature, when some important proposals for the renewal of literature and the redefinition of its autonomy were highlighted. My habilitation work compares the different reactions of the Pasolini’s sperimentalism and the Spatola’s para-surrealism to that part of the neo-avantgarde, exemplified by the Sanguineti’s poem Laborintus, characterized by an extreme iconoclasm and the identification of ideology and literature, which was viewed as a threat that would lead to the loss of autonomy of literature, making it insignificant.
I am profoundly convinced that the study of literature in the field of Italian studies can have huge importance and effectiveness, if approached in an interdisciplinary way and proposed to the students as a privileged instrument to achieve a deep understanding of Italian culture in different periods. My teaching philosophy is to find a compromise between lecture-style instruction and a more open learning approach, depending on the difficulty level of the course and the preparation level of the students.edit
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e article concerns the last phase of poetic production of father David Maria Turoldo, notably the last collection published when he was still alive – the Final Chants. In his very long work or religious poet, liturgist, and essayist,... more
e article concerns the last phase of poetic production of father David Maria Turoldo,
notably the last collection published when he was still alive – the Final Chants. In
his very long work or religious poet, liturgist, and essayist, he treated a number of
topics, incl. social themes and current aQairs. In his last phase of his poetic, he doesn’t
speak to the society, to the poor, and to marginalised people like in the past, but he
addresses God directly – by forming an intense dialogue with the Absolute. In this
poetical and mystical dialogue, he interrogates God about the most impenetrable
mysteries for human understanding. ese mysteries overwhelmed theologians and
mystics of all times. Here, we shall focus notably on the topic of God being far from
His creation – which is manifested through the divine silence. God seems not to hear
the invocations of the faithful; it looks as though He doesn’t care about the problem
of suQering (especially of the weakest persons) that remains apparently unrelieved by
divine intervention. We shall present some meaningful short examples of such deep
and complex issues, in order to introduce the reader to the knowledge of the peculiar
Turoldian approach, by providing a possible interpretative key.
notably the last collection published when he was still alive – the Final Chants. In
his very long work or religious poet, liturgist, and essayist, he treated a number of
topics, incl. social themes and current aQairs. In his last phase of his poetic, he doesn’t
speak to the society, to the poor, and to marginalised people like in the past, but he
addresses God directly – by forming an intense dialogue with the Absolute. In this
poetical and mystical dialogue, he interrogates God about the most impenetrable
mysteries for human understanding. ese mysteries overwhelmed theologians and
mystics of all times. Here, we shall focus notably on the topic of God being far from
His creation – which is manifested through the divine silence. God seems not to hear
the invocations of the faithful; it looks as though He doesn’t care about the problem
of suQering (especially of the weakest persons) that remains apparently unrelieved by
divine intervention. We shall present some meaningful short examples of such deep
and complex issues, in order to introduce the reader to the knowledge of the peculiar
Turoldian approach, by providing a possible interpretative key.
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The paper focuses on the background to the cultural and literary reception in modern European societies which was, because of common aesthetic and ideological roots, formed by idealist thinking, later modified by phenomenological... more
The paper focuses on the background to the cultural and literary reception in modern European societies which was, because of common aesthetic and ideological roots, formed by idealist thinking, later modified by phenomenological reduction, prepared to receive some of the literary production of Dino Campana. Even if interpreted as a precursor of the Italian literary avant-garde almost immediately, aiming to actualize the national literature and culture within the modernist European frame, Campana's reception was highly ambiguous as regards the critical evaluation of his poetry. The perception of his orphic and impressionist poetic work was conditioned by the lack of critical interpretations even in the Italian ambience, but the legend of the poet's personality gained him a place in every cultural panorama. The article also centres on Campana's journey to Argentina and Uruguay and on the topic of the memory of South American natural and cultural phenomena, which Campana transformed into poetic images in his most discussed texts of Canti Orfici. The legacy of the inner experience of some South American geographical places and cultural contexts is transformed into a poetic image of a mythic illusory South, discussed in terms of its motifs and poetic contents. It is assumed that Campana's poetry, by motifs legated to the South American ambience, is an exquisite example of the transformation of the memory in the mythopoietic process, where both the conscious work on expression and unconscious psychic conditions of the author are reflected in a poetry which is considered unique and inimitable within the early 1910s.
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L'articolo discute del significato dell'uso della lingua francese nella poesia di Emilio Villa, già caratterizzata da un complesso plurilinguismo, prendendo in considerazione alcuni degli espedienti retorici più importanti per l'autore in... more
L'articolo discute del significato dell'uso della lingua francese nella poesia di Emilio Villa, già caratterizzata da un complesso plurilinguismo, prendendo in considerazione alcuni degli espedienti retorici più importanti per l'autore in quel periodo. In particolare ci si concentrerà sulle poesie composte nella seconda metà degli anni Cinquanta, in cui si verificò il passaggio all'uso preponderante del francese e al contestuale accantonamento dell'italiano nella produzione poetica lineare.
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The aim of the research is to present the fundamental aspects of the second phase of Mario Luzi's poetry. This is the period in which his poetry came to full maturity, purposely distancing it from the hermetic poetry and the influences of... more
The aim of the research is to present the fundamental aspects of the second phase of Mario Luzi's poetry. This is the period in which his poetry came to full maturity, purposely distancing it from the hermetic poetry and the influences of symbolism, but without conforming to the literary trends in vogue in those years. I would show the shallowness of the accuses of political disengagement made by some critics to Luzi, whereas at that time Luzi's poetry focuses more and more on the analysis of the human condition in contemporary society. It is anything but the voice of a poet isolated from the worid in an "ivory tower" instead he strongly denounces the ethical crisis of Italian society after the war, the degradation of political life, and the conflict between generations. By treating these issues Luzi's poetry tends to take on an increasingly discursive and dialogic form that inspired a fruitful production of theatrical works, especially in the Seventies. His reflection focuses on a sense of human tragedy, trying to give voice to the victims, crushed and forgotten by historical events. His sense of tragedy is in contrast with that of Pascal and Leopardi, because it was animated by faith. His faith is not to be understood as an easy response to the evil in the world through reassuring dogmas, but is a problematic faith, that does not give answers and certainties but questions. His perspective of faith, the teachings of Henri Bergson and Teilhard de Chardin, whose conception of reality as a creative process is still ongoing, imperfect and painful but tending towards a future palingenesis, are at this phase crucial. Bergson and Chardin also allow Luzi's poetry to try a reconciliation of the Cartesian separation between man and nature, and the overcoming
of the Cartesian anthropocentrism, through the Western Christian mysticism, to which these thinkers refer constantly, beginning with St. Catherine of Siena and St. Teresa of Avila.
Zmysel ľudského utrpenia v poézii Maria Luziho in: Magda Kučerková (ed.): Duchovná cesta a jej podoby v literatúre. Univerzita Konštantína filozofa, Nitra: 2015. s. 208-214
of the Cartesian anthropocentrism, through the Western Christian mysticism, to which these thinkers refer constantly, beginning with St. Catherine of Siena and St. Teresa of Avila.
Zmysel ľudského utrpenia v poézii Maria Luziho in: Magda Kučerková (ed.): Duchovná cesta a jej podoby v literatúre. Univerzita Konštantína filozofa, Nitra: 2015. s. 208-214
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The paper focuses on the initial hermetic phase of Mario Luzi's poetics, who was one of the greatest Italian poets of the last century. The analysis concentrates mainly on the influence of Catholic Christian faith on his poetry, which... more
The paper focuses on the initial hermetic phase of Mario Luzi's poetics, who was one of the greatest Italian poets of the last century. The analysis concentrates mainly on the influence of Catholic Christian faith on his poetry, which made him aware of the existence of the spiritual
essence of the universe knowable by intuition. The paper shows how at this stage of his poetic and spiritual search he was inspired by French symbolism, especially by the works of Mallarmé and Rimbaud. Luzi did not simply imitate the symbolist parterns. He reinterpreted them in terms of his faith. The article also offers a brief preview of the later stages of Luzi's poetic thinking which becomes more restless, less intellectual, looking for a link between being and becoming, time and eternity, in order to alleviate the apparently absurd human condition.
essence of the universe knowable by intuition. The paper shows how at this stage of his poetic and spiritual search he was inspired by French symbolism, especially by the works of Mallarmé and Rimbaud. Luzi did not simply imitate the symbolist parterns. He reinterpreted them in terms of his faith. The article also offers a brief preview of the later stages of Luzi's poetic thinking which becomes more restless, less intellectual, looking for a link between being and becoming, time and eternity, in order to alleviate the apparently absurd human condition.
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Cieľom článku je prispieť k prekonaniu zjednodušeného a často zavádzajúceho pohľadu na Piera Paola Pasoliniho, na Slovensku známeho predovšetkým ako svojského režiséra, ktorého filmovú tvorbu i osobný život sprevádzali škandály. Preto... more
Cieľom článku je prispieť k prekonaniu zjednodušeného a často zavádzajúceho pohľadu na Piera Paola Pasoliniho, na Slovensku známeho predovšetkým ako svojského režiséra, ktorého filmovú tvorbu i osobný život sprevádzali škandály. Preto aspoň čiastočne obracia pozornosť aj na Pasoliniho literárnu tvorbu a predstavuje niektoré dôležité koncepty jeho poetiky a jeho teoretického uvažovania, bez ktorých nie je možné jeho umeleckú tvorbu úplne pochopiť. Článok ukazuje reakciu autora na vnímaný rozpad morálnych hodnôt povojnovej talianskej spoločnosti a jej nivelizáciu smerom k novej materialisticky a konzumne založenej meštianskej triede, pričom nádej na obrodu spoločnosti vidí v znovuobjavení sakrálnosti cez archetypy proletárskej komunity a cez jej prvotný jazyk.
The change in the hierarchy of values in the rapidly growing Italian society during the post-war industrialization, in the thought of Pier Paolo Pasolini
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The purpose of this article is to help to overcome the simplified and often misleading conception of Pier Paolo Pasolini, known in Slovakia as his director, whose cinema and personal life were often accompanied by scandals. Therefore, at least in part, the attention is focused on Pasolini’s literary work and presents some important concepts of his poetry and his theoretical thinking, for the full understanding of his artistic work. The article shows the author’s reaction to the perceived disintegration of the moral values in the post-war Italian society and its leveling towards a new materialist and consumerist middle class, and sees the hope of a revival of the society through the archetypes of the proletarian community and the his primary language.
The change in the hierarchy of values in the rapidly growing Italian society during the post-war industrialization, in the thought of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to help to overcome the simplified and often misleading conception of Pier Paolo Pasolini, known in Slovakia as his director, whose cinema and personal life were often accompanied by scandals. Therefore, at least in part, the attention is focused on Pasolini’s literary work and presents some important concepts of his poetry and his theoretical thinking, for the full understanding of his artistic work. The article shows the author’s reaction to the perceived disintegration of the moral values in the post-war Italian society and its leveling towards a new materialist and consumerist middle class, and sees the hope of a revival of the society through the archetypes of the proletarian community and the his primary language.
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L'articolo presenta una panoramica dell'evoluzione della poetica di Adriano Spatola, uno degli autori più originali della neoavanguardia, dagli esordi passando per il periodo cosiddetto "parasurrealista", il termine delle attività del... more
L'articolo presenta una panoramica dell'evoluzione della poetica di Adriano Spatola, uno degli autori più originali della neoavanguardia, dagli esordi passando per il periodo cosiddetto "parasurrealista", il termine delle attività del Gruppo 63, fino alla poesia concreta. Particolare attenzione viene riservata alla posizione dell'autore nell'ambito del Gruppo 63 e ai suoi conflitti con le correnti maggioritarie di tale gruppo d'avanguardia.
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L'articolo prende in esame la vicenda dei legionari cecoslovacchi formati ed equipaggiati in Italia nel primo dopoguerra, che allorché tornati in patria costituirono la base del nuovo esercito cecoslovacco, e della missione militare e... more
L'articolo prende in esame la vicenda dei legionari cecoslovacchi formati ed equipaggiati in Italia nel primo dopoguerra, che allorché tornati in patria costituirono la base del nuovo esercito cecoslovacco, e della missione militare e diplomatica italiana. Nonostante i legionari italiani fossero assai più numerosi e meglio armati di quelli francesi, e che entrambi i contingenti furono armati e trasportati in patria a spese dell’Italia, per ragioni di stato e ideologiche il governo cecoslovacco preferì piuttosto dare in mano ad ufficiali francesi il controllo della formazione del nascente esercito cecoslovacco. Oltre a motivazioni legate al maggior prestigio militare della Francia o della sua più marcata influenza culturale sulla mitteleuropa, decisiva fu la necessità da parte del nuovo stato di assicurarsi l’appoggio diplomatico francese per ottenere il riconoscimento di territori di frontiera strategicamente importanti e per mantenere il controllo di importanti vie di comunicazione, ma abitati da larghe minoranze ungheresi o tedesche, che se fosse stato applicato rigidamente il principio di nazionalità di Wilson sarebbero dovuti ricadere sotto il controllo delle nazioni vicine.
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Analisi e valutazione dell'evoluzione del plurilinguismo nella poesia di Emilio Villa e proposte per un'interpretazione alla luce del concetto di "poesia totale".
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The paper deals with the influence of Surrealism in Italian literature, as a contribution to the understanding of the relationship between modernity and literature in the twentieth century. Attention is focused on the recovery of... more
The paper deals with the influence of Surrealism in Italian literature, as a contribution to the understanding of the relationship between modernity and literature in the twentieth century. Attention is focused on the recovery of Surrealism by the New avant-garde with the resumption and rehabilitation, by some protagonists of the “Group '63”, of the revolutionary potential of this movement, resulting in appreciation of its importance for the artistic, intellectual and spiritual formation of these authors and critics.
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The paper focused about the misrepresentation of the Risorgimento by fascist intellectuals, and about the same direct or indirect collaboration between the regime and most of Italian intellectuals. In opposition of that, is presented the... more
The paper focused about the misrepresentation of the Risorgimento by fascist intellectuals, and about the same direct or indirect collaboration between the regime and most of Italian intellectuals. In opposition of that, is presented the example of Mario Pannunzio, as a coherent and honest intellectual, who embodied the true ideals of the Italian Risorgimento during all his life.
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Abstract of the paper: "The Sense of Human Tragedy in the Poetry of Mario Luzi" presented at the International Scholarly Conference (13th May 2015)
Faculty of Arts of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Faculty of Arts of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
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Erotismo como discurso (representación, puesta en escena) acerca del eros, el amor sensual, el amor carnal. Erotismo como cura por, y exaltación de, la dimensión estética y estésica de las interacciones amoroso-sensuales. Erotismo como... more
Erotismo como discurso (representación, puesta en escena) acerca del eros, el amor sensual, el amor carnal. Erotismo como cura por, y exaltación de, la dimensión estética y estésica de las interacciones amoroso-sensuales. Erotismo como forma ampliamente significante, ambigua, excesiva, turbadora. Erotismo como cuerpo y como cultura. Exploramos en este libro algunos de los más importantes aspectos de la experiencia erótica: cómo la interpretamos, cómo la integramos en nuestro sistema de saberes, cómo hablamos de ella, cómo la representamos, cómo la plasmamos en el arte y en la literatura. Si tiene usted curiosidad por estos temas, o si está usted seguro de saber de qué se trata, encontrará en estas páginas motivos de reflexión y enriquecimiento. Al fin y al cabo, los humanos somos, quien más, quien menos, seres eróticos, así que nadie está excluido del presente discurso, y todos somos, a la postre, si no bienvenidos, al menos tolerados en los territorios del eros.