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Il rischio della fine in Nottetempo, Casa per casa di vincenzo consolo
Abstract
This essay aims to analyse the novel, Nottetempo, casa per casa (1992), by
Vincenzo Consolo, considering the motif of the end of the world as a central
and unifying element of the different levels on which the narrative unfolds.
While The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche is the intellectual reference
for the novel, the considerations by the anthropologist Ernesto De Martino on
the apocalypse allows us to interpret Nottetempo as a response to the
psychological, cultural and literary risk of the “end” experienced in these three
different areas.
Vincenzo Consolo, considering the motif of the end of the world as a central
and unifying element of the different levels on which the narrative unfolds.
While The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche is the intellectual reference
for the novel, the considerations by the anthropologist Ernesto De Martino on
the apocalypse allows us to interpret Nottetempo as a response to the
psychological, cultural and literary risk of the “end” experienced in these three
different areas.
