This thesis examines the symbolic use of space in the trilogy of Giorgio Bassani: Gli occhiali d'oro, Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini and Dietro la porta. / All written in the first person, the novels are part of a continuum since in each one the same narrator remembers a different event from his past. All three novels recreate events which took place prior to the Second World War; two make direct reference to the grueling period of antisemitism under the Fascist regime. / Through the spatial element we analyze the moral and psychological states of the various characters, in particular of the young Jewish protagonist who is suddenly a social outcast due to the racial persecutions. Furthermore, space in these novels reflects the emotional state of the most important character of the trilogy, the narrator, who still, after many years shows signs of unresolved issues.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30227 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Tumino, Anna Maria. |
| Contributors | Kroha, Lucienne (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | Italian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Italian.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001764180, proquestno: MQ64203, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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