The space, the solitude and the simulacrum: the metaphysicals trajectories in the Italian’s narrative in the 20th century

Abstract

This paper discusses, through the analysis of works of authors which Gadda, Savinio, Bontempelli, Buzzati and Morselli, an anti-realistic tendency, though multiform in its stylistic and thematic success, which can be identified in the Italian literature of the twentieth century. In a comparative perspective, in dialogue with the avant-garde art, and more specifically, with the metaphysical paintings of Giorgio de Chirico, seeks to reflect on some aspects of these narratives as spatial and symbolic elements, to the threshold of the genus (or mode) fantastic metaforize and constitute a condition of existential concern.