Domenico Rea and Italian Twentieth Century

Vincenzo Caputo

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-169-7

Domenico Rea and Italian Twentieth Century

Authors

Vincenzo Caputo

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-3370

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-169-7

Keywords:

Domenico Rea, Italian twentieth-century literature, Naples, realism

Synopsis

Editor: FedOA -Federico II University Press

Series: Orion. Studies and texts of Italian literature

Page: 263

Language: Italian

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn:nbn:it:unina-29677

Abstract: It truly would be a mistake to associate Domenico Rea with the critical cliché of the "rediscovered writer." Important bibliographic "clues" (works by and about Rea, have been consistently published in recent decades), which would inevitably direct us towards the mammoth 'proof' of the Meridiano, edited by the late Francesco Durante in 2005. Specific names need not be mentioned here, as they are mostly indicated and discussed in the essays in this volume. Instead, it is important to highlight the corollary derived from this preliminary evidence. If this is the case, if Rea's writing has continued to be read and discussed in different forms and ways over the years, then the question is not so much one of, so as to say - give Rea what is Rea's. Rather, the problem becomes one of verifying the methods, timing, and critical formulas of this continuity. In other words, a reflection on the production of the Neapolitan writer - and setting the ambitious goal of being 'wide-ranging' - must bring to light unfounded spaces, unpublished and rare materials so as to reconstruct friendships and intellectual relationships, to reason as to the longevity of his work and its internal relationships. In recent years, the activities of the 'National Committee for the celebrations of the centenary of his birth', established by Ministerial Decree 220, 17 June 2021, and chaired by Pasquale Sabbatino, have focused on these objectives. Starting from the opening conference "Domenico Rea and Italian Twentieth Century" (Naples, November 9-11, 2021), the proceedings of which are published here, an attempt has been made to transform this centenary into a broader "critical occasion".

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Author Biography

Vincenzo Caputo, University of Naples Federico II

Vincenzo Caputo is an associate professor of Italian literature at the University of Naples Federico II. He has devoted particular attention to the relationship between literature and the visual arts, with a specific focus on successful genres in our literary tradition such as biographies, dialogues, dramas, and novels. In addition to his studies on the Renaissance period, he has paid special attention to the literature of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly in the southern region of Italy. Some notable works include the edition of Annibale Ruccello's "Cinque rose di Jennifer" (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2022), the volume "La 'pittoresca conversazione.' Letteratura, teatro e arti figurative a Napoli tra Otto e Novecento" (Aracne, 2014), "I volti di Partenope: la drammaturgia napoletana da Bracco a De Simone" (Aracne, 2013, with P. Sabbatino and C.A. Addesso), and the republication of Domenico Morelli's "Ricordi" (ESI, 2012). He co-edits the journals "Studi rinascimentali," "Rivista di letteratura teatrale," and "Generi" (Serra Editore). He coordinates the Second level master’s degree programme in "Playwriting and Filmmaking" at the University of Naples Federico II and the Summer School "Partenope dentro lo schermo" (Partenope behind the screen). He is also a member of the "Comitato nazionale per le celebrazioni del centenario della nascita di Domenico Rea." He is also P.I. of the PRIN 2022 Project “Neapolitan Literary Archives in Twentieth Century - NeArcLit.”