This thesis aims at conducting an analysis of the phenomenon of the adultescent in the work of postmodern Italian authors Rossana Campo and Giuseppe Culicchia. In order to do this, the theoretical framework of the adultescent, of the Jungian archetype of the puer aeternus and the theoretical framework of characterization by Rimmon-Kenan (2002) will be applied to various novels by the aforementioned authors. Firstly, the pleasure-seeking and the relationship of characters analogy to place will be highlighted; secondly, the characters’ relationships in the novels will be analysed; thirdly, an analysis of the characters’ provisional life will be conducted. Lastly, the parents-children relationship will be examined. The results show that the characters follow some traits of the adultescent. Firstly, they avoid adult responsibilities: especially omission of work and family. Secondly, they manifest act of commissions driven by the pleasure principle through the use of drugs, conspicuous consumption and donjuanism. Thirdly, possible new social information: adultescents thrive in cities where they can be more anonymous, they associate only with other adultescents, parents are usually absent and older generations have built an unrealistic beauty image based on youthness for the younger generation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-221006 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Fiorito, Antonino |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Romanska och klassiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Italian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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