Gramsci (1891-1937) was a faithful reader of Pirandello (1867-1936). He created different interpretations of Pirandello theatre during his theoretical production: the young Gramsci conceived an idealistic exegesis, while the post-revolutionary Gramsci proposed a materialist interpretation. In the Prison notebooks we can find an exegesis elaborated by the mature theorist of hegemony. Understanding what the theatre and the dramaturgy of Pirandello represents for Gramsci means understanding the articulation of Gramscian thought.
Tuesday, October 9, at 6pm – Free Entrance
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montreal
1200 Av. du Dr. Penfield
This event is in Italian
Yuri Brunello teaches Italian Studies at the Universidade Federal do Ceará and Comparative Literature at PPGLetras (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Universidade Federal do Ceará). His current areas of research include Dante, Latin American literature, and Modernism. He is the author of a book entitled Nelson Rodrigues pirandelliano (2016). He wrote entries in Dizionario gramsciano 1926 – 1937, edited by Guido Liguori and Pasquale Voza (Rome: Carocci, 2009). Brunello published on Baroque culture, Pirandello, and Antonio Gramsci’s writings.
Event organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal
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