Dino Buzzati & Italy

PRESENTED BY: MIKE MATHEWSON

Italy! 42.74% 25-54 years old

! 69% urban population

! Parliamentary Republic

! No citizenship by birth

! 80% Christian

Culture! Family-Oriented: Extended, not

nuclear

! Roman, Rennaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical

! Opera

! Wine, Cheese, and Pasta!

Literature

! Napoleonic Period: Classical/ Romantic

! Francesco De Sanctis: Modern Italian Criticism (Benedetto Croce)

! 20th Century ! Psychological analysis

! social consciousness

! formal and linguistic experimentation

Dino Buzzati! 1906-1972 ! Country/Place of birth: Belluno,

Italy ! Education: Studied law at the

University of Milan ! Genre: Novels, Short Stories,

Painting, Poems, Theatre, Radio Plays

! Main themes: magical realism, social alienation, unbridled technological progress, modernism

! Style: critical of the commercial nature of modern society

! Other: journalist for the Corriere della Sera

Sources

! "The World Factbook: Italy." Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, 2016. Web. 12 June 2016.

! "Italian Culture: Facts, Customs & Traditions." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, n.d. Web. 12 June 2016.

! "Italian literature." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2016. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Jun. 2016

! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Buzzati