Kwestia religii i literatury: "Narzeczeni" i recepcja katolicyzmu Manzoniego
The Problem of Religion and Literature: "I promessi sposi" and the Reception of Manzoni’s Catholicism
Author(s): Dorothy FigueiraContributor(s): Olga Płaszczewska (Translator)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Alessandro Manzoni; religion and literature; Manzoni’s reception in the US; catholicism and comparative literature; theodicy
Summary/Abstract: The essay examines the phenomenon of negative reception of religious thematics in the field of Comparative Literature in the US and the difficulties in interpreting I promessi sposi as a reflection on human accountability and its relationship to the idea of theodicy, both in American and Italian academe. Particular attention is paid to the problem of methodological and practical introduction of religion into the dyadic system of interdisciplinary studies in Comparative Literature.
Journal: Italica Wratislaviensia
- Issue Year: 7/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 87-103
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish
