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Article: Satire and social commitment in Tabucchi's L'oca al passo.
- Article from:
- The Modern Language Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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ABSTRACT
Antonio Tabucchi, in L'oca al passo (2006), satirizes Italy's political class by arranging in non-chronological order a collection of editorials. He argues that he thereby endows these nonfictional writings with a literariness they did not possess in their original venues. In response, this article examines the nature and goals of satire. The non-linear ordering of the essays also prompts an interrogation of the act of reading; particularly the narrative representation of simultaneity through language, a medium that can exist only in time. Furthermore, Tabucchi' s foray into topicality leads to a discussion of thcsocial role of the writer and of ...