Thesis--Hamburg. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [93]-97).

Habilitationsschrift--Bonn. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-144) and index.

Thesis--Hamburg. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [93]-97).

Doctoral dissertation--University of Toronto, 1993. / Bibliogr. p. 349-374.

Inaug.-Diss.--Zürich. / Curriculum vitae. "Proben aus den Vulgärdichtungen Leonardo Giustiniani's": p. [133]-150. "Bibliographie": p. [vi]-vii.

Inaug.-diss.--Zürich. / Curriculum vitae. "Proben aus den Vulgärdichtungen Leonardo Giustiniani's": p. [133]-150. "Bibliographie": p. [vi]-vii.

Texte remanié de : Thèse de doctorat : Études italiennes : Paris 12 : 1998. / ISBN de l'édition imprimée : 978-2-7453-1485-7. Édition du texte latin ou italien et traduction française en regard. Titre provenant de la page de titre. Bibliogr. Notes bibliogr. Index.

This thesis focuses on the underlying mechanisms of Sciascia's writing, especially on its social destiny and literary scope. Beyond realism, Sciascia's writing comprises important information regarding the author's conception of the intellectual's work in the political and social domains. Sciascia had to develop writing techniques that enable him to efficiently merge his essayist bent and narrative inspiration, his penchant to document facts and his capacity to create them artistically. These are the origins of his unusual narrative technique--an amalgam of the eighteenth century essay and contemporary detective novel, locked in a crossroads of reason and non-reason. Sciascia's cultural background, a section between illuminism and Marxism, is the reason behind his need to ignore the traditional divisions between literary genres in order to originate a text which vehicles both his social and political engagement and his artistic creation. Although Sciascia's works reflect this unique pattern, critical studies to date have overlooked it, mislead, as they may be, by the polemic impact of the text and the man behind it.

Leonardo Sciascia was undoubtedly a prominent figure of Italian public life due to his scathing criticism of the Mafia and of occult power. Unfortunately, most critics have relegated him to the role of mere detractor of Italy's corrupt public and private mores. We cannot deny that he did indeed fulfill this role as well; however the overall literary value of his works by far exceeds that of a statement of charges against organized crime. His literary production can be in fact interpreted as a safe haven for truth against the establishment's drive to obliterate it. This thesis aims at reasserting the true literary value of Sciascia's works. There is in fact a gateway between history and literature and Sciascia crossed it repeatedly by using the investigative essay as a weapon against historiography and the "official" version of facts. It is by this means that Sciascia attained literary craftsmanship without ever departing from his sworn moral commitment to uphold the struggle against the establishment. In this thesis we have analyzed the various literary tools of which Sciascia has made use: the prolonged metaphor, metaphoric speech and the creation of a hybrid genre, the investigative essay. Our analysis led us to some findings which we have expounded in the conclusion.

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-40).