INTERTEXTUALITY: LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S IL FU MATTIA PASCAL AND BRANISLAV NUŠIĆ’S POKOJNIK (THE DECEASED)

  • Livija Ekmečić Belgrade
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/2384-8987/2488
Keywords: Luigi Pirandello, Branislav Nušić, novel, play, intertextuality

Abstract

This paper will attempt to explain the reasons why it is possible to see Luigi Pirandello’s Il fu Mattia Pascal as the subtext of Branislav Nušić’s last play Pokojnik (The Deceased). The novel and the play have many common motifs and they also have a similar composition. Apart from their similar motifs, there are also many intertextual links between the novel and the play. What makes the intertextual links between them very complex is the fact that Luigi Pirandello and Branislav Nušić often used similar mechanisms and stylistic devices in their work, both put emphasis on humour where as their poetics were very different.

Author Biography

Livija Ekmečić, Belgrade
Received PhD at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade 2017 (theses: Ljubomir Simovic’s plays in the context of contemporary Serbian literature). Since 2012 publishes studies, essays and reviews in periodicals and participates in international scientific conferences in Serbia and abroad.
Published
2018-12-30
How to Cite
Ekmečić, L. (2018). INTERTEXTUALITY: LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S IL FU MATTIA PASCAL AND BRANISLAV NUŠIĆ’S POKOJNIK (THE DECEASED). RiCOGNIZIONI. Rivista Di Lingue E Letterature Straniere E Culture Moderne, 5(10), 139-147. https://doi.org/10.13135/2384-8987/2488
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 10 (2018)
Section
ItINERARI

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