Righteous Anger in Contemporary Italian Literary and Cinematic Narratives analyses the role of passion – particularly indignation – and how it shapes intention and inspires the work of many contemporary Italian writers and filmmakers. Noting how art often holds the power to shed light on issues surrounding inequity, inequality, and injustice, the book explores the ethical function of art as a tool in resistance and sociopolitical protest, thereby validating the axiom that ethics and aesthetics can still collaborate in the creation of meaning. Drawing on a range of Italian novels and films and examining the works of artists such as Tiziano Scarpa, Simona Vinci, Paolo Sorrentino, and Monica Stambrini, the author shows that anger can be used constructively as a weapon of resistance against negative and oppressive forces.
Author(s): Stefania Lucamante
Series: (Toronto Italian Studies)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 344
Tags: Literary Criticism, Critical Thinking, Film Studies
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE: Anger and Commitment in the Narratives of Tiziano Scarpa: Impegno in a Liquid Age
1. Pasolini’s La rabbia and the Spectacularization of Scarpa’s Posthuman Aesthetics
2. An Apocalyptic Kamikaze: Tiziano Scarpa or How to Invade the Reader
3. The Fundamental Things in Life According to Scarpa
Part Two – Anger and Spaces of Vulnerability in the Narratives of Melania Mazzucco and Monica Stambrini
4. Melania Mazzucco’s Un giorno perfetto: Domestic Violence on an Everyday Perfect Day
5. Pushing Boundaries: Road Movies and Gas Stations in Monica Stambrini’s Benzina
Part Three – Anger and Love in Spaces of Otherness in the Narratives of Paolo Sorrentino, Simona Vinci, and Veronica Tomassini
6. A Recipe for the Advantages and Disadvantages of Love: Anger and Misogyny in Paolo Sorrentino’s The Consequences of Love
7. Society, Simulacra, and Love: Simona Vinci’s Stanza 411
8. Wounding the Individual: Dynamics of Diversity and Anatomy of Love in Veronica Tomassini’s Sangue di Cane
Afterword
Notes
Works Cited
Index
