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Dino Buzzati & Italy
PRESENTED BY: MIKE MATHEWSON
Italy! 42.74% 25-54 years old
! 69% urban population
! Parliamentary Republic
! No citizenship by birth
! 80% Christian
Culture! Family-Oriented: Extended, not
nuclear
! Roman, Rennaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical
! Opera
! Wine, Cheese, and Pasta!
Literature
! Napoleonic Period: Classical/ Romantic
! Francesco De Sanctis: Modern Italian Criticism (Benedetto Croce)
! 20th Century ! Psychological analysis
! social consciousness
! formal and linguistic experimentation
Dino Buzzati! 1906-1972 ! Country/Place of birth: Belluno,
Italy ! Education: Studied law at the
University of Milan ! Genre: Novels, Short Stories,
Painting, Poems, Theatre, Radio Plays
! Main themes: magical realism, social alienation, unbridled technological progress, modernism
! Style: critical of the commercial nature of modern society
! Other: journalist for the Corriere della Sera
Sources
! "The World Factbook: Italy." Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, 2016. Web. 12 June 2016.
! "Italian Culture: Facts, Customs & Traditions." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, n.d. Web. 12 June 2016.
! "Italian literature." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2016. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Jun. 2016
! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Buzzati