Matteo Martelli

«Un remoto antenato di Candide». Sciascia, Giufà and Candide's statue

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Abstract

The essay suggests an analysis of Leonardo Sciascia's writings about Giufà, the fool hero of Mediterranean and Sicilian folk tales. Particularly, Sciascia gives a rewriting of the Giufa's tale in which it is possible to read a different interpretation of the character. If Giufà is often considered like a mask of stupidity (I. Calvino), Leonardo Sciascia suggests a different view of this folkloristic hero in the way that he gives a chance of an unusual observation and investigation of reality. In this way Giufà will be a narrative pattern of another Sciascia's character, Candido Munafò (Candido ovvero un sogno fatto in Sicilia).

Keywords

  • Italian literature
  • folktales
  • stupidity
  • Leonardo Sciascia
  • literary character

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