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Article: Tullio Pagano. Experimental Fictio: from Emile Zola's Naturalism to Giovanni Verga's Verism.(Book Review)
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- December 22, 2002
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Tullio Pagano. Experimental Fictio: From Emile Zola's Naturalism to Giovanni Verga's Verism. Madison-Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP; London: Associated U Presses, 1999. Pp. 189.
The title of Tullio Pagano's book reminds us of a critical aspect of the works of the two major authors he studies: the innovative quality of both their subject matter and their narrative techniques. In his wide-ranging comparative study of the narratives of Emile Zola and Giovanni Verga, Pagano highlights the numerous parallel theoretical considerations afforded by a study of Verga and Zola.
The text is divided into six chapters, preceded by a brief Introduction in which ...