IL ROMANZO GIALLO È UNO STRUMENTO PER RACCONTARE LA CULTURA, IL CASO DI ‘IL GIORNO DELLA CIVETTA’ DI LEONARDO SCIASCIA
THE DETECTIVE NOVEL IS AN INSTRUMENT TO TELL THE CULTURE, THE CASE OF "THE DAY OF THE OWL" BY LEONARDO SCIASCIA

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to highlight the potential of the detective novel to transmitthe culture of a country, to the point of becoming a cultural vector, by analysing a detective novelentitled “The Day of the Owl” by Leonardo Sciascia in order to demonstrate the cultural elementsencountered in this novel and what the reader acquires from reading it. The reading of a detectivenovel not only allows the reader to travel without barriers and open windows to the distant world, butalso arouses curiosity, openness and attention. The reader of a detective novel acquires culturalknowledge and will have the opportunity to enter into the daily life of a people and to learn about thetraditions and customs that characterize a group, a country, a way of life. So, the detective novel ingeneral, and Sciascia's one in particular, is always brimming with cultural elements that pass fromone country to another without barriers. It is enough to read “The day of the Owl” to know the Sicilyof the sixties, the mentality, the traditions, the customs of the Sicilian people and also the socialconditions in which they live.

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