On Gente indipendente by Halldór Laxness

  • Claudio Giunta Università di Trento
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/822

Abstract

Among the element of the human life, Michael Oakeshott distinguished the processes from the practices. Processes are governed by nature: birth, aging, illness, death, earthquakes, rain, gravity. Practices are humans’ decisions and actions: love, friendship, hatred, envy, vengeance, forgiveness. 

Gente indipendente by Halldór Laxness is an exception. In Gente indipendente the power of natural processes is predominant, incomparable to the power it has in any other modern novel; and the practices resulting from interaction between humans have a secondary role.

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Author Biography

Claudio Giunta, Università di Trento
Claudio Giunta insegna Letteratura italiana all’Università di Trento. Ha scritto libri e articoli sulla letteratura del Medioevo, un saggio sullo stato della cultura in Italia (L’assedio del presente. Sulla rivoluzione culturale in corso, Il Mulino 2008), un libro (Il paese più stupido del mondo, Il Mulino 2010) che parla di Italia, Giappone e altre cose, un saggio sul mercato dell’arte e la retorica connessa (Come si diventa ‘Michelangelo’, Donzelli 2011) e un commento alle Rime di Dante (Meridiani Mondadori 2011). Collabora regolarmente al supplemento culturale del Sole 24 ore. Il suo sito è www.claudiogiunta.it

References

Published
2012-11-16
How to Cite
Giunta, C. (2012). On <i>Gente indipendente</i&gt; by Halldór Laxness. Between, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/822
Issue
Vol 2 No 4 (2012): Adaptation: The Transformations of Stories Through Code-switching
Section
In discussion: Ed. Niccolò Scaffai

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