•
•
•
•
•
•
n e ec ua n a ernen • . ., In rea ami en s
• • • no IC Ion
•
oria ..... 00.
CD ekl '"we &cdon iI newer wichoat an By me .... c:iIeIylD ay. can be
me haoa 01 me pre. whale .... ere. iI pte-quat &. by. cIaUe CD lOCi--=.1. .. ardde
s.ho hero 01. __ 01 and Ihoft ..... by hUn IU1hor and • 1V
10 epillDlDe of the and t in pcaent4iy IOCicty.
IOCial but DOC
and. times. ... In
CD
imponanr. all of hiI " .. , • I '
fOrme
of.." • .,
He
" " •• ..a-evena and
and menew hero
•• I I
.... Iiace his &at • hero. " In
1994. me cult
fiam..tioand pmes.He ... 00 me l..u.n
of me and • in • ranee 01 ocher
CD CDDic 10 .......
me and
lwauid CD
01
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hero .1tIOII8 -. •• hero
and Ihcir
•
on me
to the
•• <DmmUDJDeI Monalbano is an
ouaide ItalY. borden. aware of the inevitable
of the media in of the be
to . ~ -«& • well. of the
Monalbano. - I have bard my anic:Ie on novels and abort storica. The for rhiI choice is that. • is & viauaI the Monalbano bad to be acachcck· I and His I I • '
dlOIe .... t to my claim that he can. in r.cr. be u an tool for the new of the
world. bt. For inl"lDCle, for my in dais that Monalbano .me. on the help of other • •
ItiS
(for and and Fazio (for offactua1 infor-mation). In thelYserica, Monalbano & ofacdon. be knows how to hold & pan and UIe it. be bn:ab down cIooa. be knows bow to act in any situation. to the point that his men. in 10 r... • they IlR
often perfoUIl the role of .implc ofhis haaic 35).1 More be reads. and thus we cannot lee bow his wim a wide range bcIpI him in the proa!II of qnidon.
Within typo. of de .~ fic:don. cycle is molt aomracdy u that is. the reader is <DO-fronted wim two ~ aimeand the By me time me one of begins. the fim one of the to Todorov. the precile rulca rhiI type of
endccI. ficdon
-don't act. they that not much in the lea Nothing can to than: & rule the immunity- (44). in r.a. mena of The reader thus next in the of
that Monalbano. • Ierial
the cklU:·~·' this rule to allow dein what
the reader rat
is DOt aoin8 to die. his actions often IlR u .... - I I pie. when be pa to
with top tl7inMri
Until Dan~. and be purdy escapist. atuibuted this bish and
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inRCtwJi be may
ficdon bad .. Genre =
: and attitude toward
CO«uGilll pi bun. • in cr.
II:IlUI in the COUDU')' of WII
wlue. fiwion 110.
mel"'" might wri~ [.
wim.
to Tani baa
-snob-tndi
novel).
•
• •
•
•
Over the _ two by Ialian .... IMIII • the oudcI far CD ,.. I I '
icaI pMt and ia volatile and far nln.: Tbc donandia
have
the 'n', t
idcndry and
CD
be aid CD have
• morem So-
«the the crW.inthe_
(dean hIncIa) in ebe cady 1990L In • in ebe on.
-dean'" ebe aIIIUpt and The CD....- by Iir me «ebe 1liiian
their in ebe media. Soon. «ebe auch.ebe
ebe «*lIe, r.aIo
CD
«the
: orebe
heroes. By ebe IIJDe cobn.loc:Il inebemold «ebe . A mod, twe, iI ebe « ebe idea pel hind in bmcl wim • ebe IUCbor. 2 In
more ebeovad .
ofebe •
• an ara.n
cui- whic:b ..... of -albeit •
O/IIC-C. -[t)be i I cannoc be . 6 ....
chat WOIkin .....
enI. DOC CftII in ebe of aniIa unIaa cbey have f& • .. , •• I CD be (4SS-S6). .
hiI hero. an of ebe' and of ebe hUan .-. •
• cxpnic «ebe CD ebe very word • mocIcI far.
who &omebe • • O/IIC and .... the CD.... of.wodd
in A
bIno l1li, tpICeo ebe
• •
of me ... Jet .. ill aide and monl ubi_ in an idalil = I tpICe where ebe bonier ebe
and ebe. In chiI of the ale ,a-in • of explicit
of ClDII I .... 1 of way CD ebe cIiaaIe of .... it sMa WIlT CD juIciCIe and
.... 10 «a
6lu-.=d ebe
• CIpI-
is, me an view of me pat-il a cty of ways. all, me IOricaI : aI.o are let in me times pat become one wilb me daily
with a number of ocher ant of me -a
forn)' a be
of me
in me and
and which iadf'in a wri-
cndle opua (his ..... Vep..) _ one wIMft of me
of me • • Wll-
l ... J bIIhed in when it _ • 'DID
c:boiceofa ....
me n:ader 10
10
abmof
me n:ader ""imUi. tbia of puaof • or not a II8IlVe
and th. anew"" cbe Ai - I ... I of me The n:ader'.' I ___ cIou-
bIy (a.
The IDOIt
the
be oube _10: bocb me .... din cbe with cbe and me .:
IOpOI in cbe qde is. of a me old and cbe new
, Within Sicily, me i1I moll in cbe fi=udIl pat OIl cbe one band,
•
and ill cbe pat fifty ,....1Uc:b • and in on cbe
1CIlt. A series of ocher ropoi for
of cbe pat and the In&cdon: for '
pie, his 10
and his 10 I . •
.. cbe and critic G. K. a 10ft. WI'OlC an in wbic:b be the ell! • we DCMI • the -epic
of me (12). In an twiIr. the : lpacetbat "'10 _ no the c:baoI ofa his ~
Milan, Turin. Rome. or would after more • the V ..... an by now aIIDOIt --
alDWftwith • Ieri', 10 be the tionaI orpnil e I aimc, in ill IDCIIt
organ 10 medrua trade. ' UIIde. and the paths ofme : and
When leonerdo WIOCe /J c-.. .. of the
Soutban identity. Benjamin', a
__ an
.MCf part of the crowd Ilia Towud the be .... fOr 10 a moncb ofleaw in Ilia..me
non-and
ofcbe
city of In his the ...... ofilia an: sub-6aIse Parhim cbia
•
•
.... .., ..... y in char it bia ofthe
... bia of the world char be • • mvUtlplOf
inthe In COIla.. hem _ DOt
naIM oIne . in cbe .... of which be in bia local and
10 law V ..... Mil bond bia • Iby an .....
bia IpeceIO
Jeri an • ...,of
• II
and I I • ' wiled and subtle
1'hUl, the • II
10
10
&ndany
an
on
•• I I the of. jipaw ia uue oaIy once it _ fUlly his
but the
the • II
eo Ita)' when
By
of
which rcvaIa of
or the Iop:- him eo .-meaning ineo • wide oflisby naIa and axIea. in .1OCicty
ThiI _ the oppDIice end of the char is. with his
in • CDntrat with bia 10 &ctual
• ., Oft the ...-nt-day pi( and ... 1Imen_ -. paucity of
and an in IOCiaI and (6). His •
don char -[olue hope char bean anddoce eo • •
- • I ' 1- m.maety (6) of and by acdns. an -anddoce eo -Monal
of chis duty ••
buo feels for thole It cbe of 1OCiety. The and. if in with bia
it _ the mo .... icIe char Molt cridcI (lee. for
ins char the de, life WIT IOCial eo be IOCial wi .. and ofiatime-
de I ~ • I • • fell
• concurm __ of which _eo IeDIe of
and the 220). An of.
who reliecI in bia of
_ of. adtual
on and
_"y.1n The ofadaaral
be ..... Oft eo dve • comes fiom • wide
From the of short it _ evident char
6cdon-docs not
for:
= and amonsthe
• CDIIUC
3S
I
I
I ,
I
I I
• ,
I
,
-from Mandrake eo the Jungle- [U" Mm tfI1I
AprX-O, Gordon 10 ram of cbe and mon:
right uaock in hia the same conclusions his are radial by an
• co
a Ioc:aI Signiw.ndy, in n c;;,. iii ..
a found by local and
Pasquano, Iq)raenbng scientific bycbe
andby
him 011 cbe CD),
in &onrof Oc> Dr.
ing the -J!Olic:c - char is. a : 10 lad a YIlricty of. lea and mmbine them ineo a whole (SO).
Simone UICI cbe gena: CD 10 cbe roaIiry of vidual tau at his or her The amounr able CD moYC and in cbe praenr-clay and world·... 10 M it CIIIDOt be in any bur mUIr be • an MCIIlbe used when Montalbano',
of among the aurbor, cbe hero. and cbe aadcr. The pura hia adnual at cbe bao', mel cbe reader. ideo-
with the hero, ir CD move in cbe IIIDC v.r" ' In the racier is IDId daar is or ...
rad. a novel, abort or aiciall cay. If cbe is ~ in the praent. the 10 ba¥e no im,.:r OIl cbe
of the plot but 10 cbe ~ tiaI code of cbe H~, ifit is thau ... raad by thus bdonp CD his it is theme or ' from the be ... raad would tion fOr the that be is on. The
th. Iarad~ by : "The of
nor in their cbe ~ I , an: auciaI in cbia be nor fOr and by butincbcir
and 10
him char a ada
byMooofpapu
oalyincbcir CD
other D CIlI and with JOCialIifi:. fOr daar is how cbcir aM" ..... is (4). In the Monwbano qde. there arc of cbia
Some of the may an man: at a -deep- Ievd. of a from the hero', (and, thus. cbe authori and cbe rader',)
from a
er with
an be
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In addition 10 dues, come or lOne of VQice. or &om cIeaiIa in a ......
and rb. adrurc help .... lienee 10 pur cbe
rbcir rruc 6cdon a
• • • mg
&om PoilU
• for and • dear moral
wboee of cufy of cc I.
tpace of lends • an
of in widt
incbe cbe
tool fOr cbe paenr-day. Moo ..... bano. world. one .... 1he old IOCiccy and adl\ft and
hip and OO'"iR do DOC bold any moR, where of rime and IJ*le hate and whcre we no find don in cbe of or iclenariel.
•
I. AD in tld .. nidc _ mine. 2. lUCIa. Wu Luther BU.m) and
• (Carlo) & _. QIIC in point. 3. In GWII woada.lhc it one who '\ooca, it. who pqa
bit I ... .bout Ihc fiacuR ofbit and it [ ••• J oaIy ..... _ he an 367).
4. it 11IIIIIIII ocher fOr bit ICria of : cia Ihc IWher Brown. .
S. Of' ClDUIIC, with Ihc .... ian Some of the ....... _ o.m.: fA "" tItI vw. (W] 19S; GT 97). (VV S4). A.-o (LflMao tItIItI N.Iw [ON] S6). FaaIo (MM 164; Qi Jj [AM) 171). (AM 161). (VV 34; MM 32; AM 292; GT 121). (CT (fA p",., til .. [FA) 30; cr 244; MM 14. 32-33. ; AM 18; GT 204). s.a. (MM 122). MaatIIe (GT eli (FA 79c). Qur II " I • •
(GT S4; 149); De (CT ~3S). 83). (II IMt. • [LM] 203). (GT 11). Pavae 106). Gadda (MM 166). Eco (CT
166. Bu&IIao (LM lIS). Condo (CT 146-47. 171). SciMcia (FA CT 244; LM 213; 121; AM 181). (AM 71-72; ON 93). and. •• of the new 01 ........ . (ltI1ttIn. [PM]
Herman Ihc.. _W'-(MM Ecp AlIa Pac (MM 36). Edpr Rice (VV ISS; GT 102).
~3S). -= (GT 273). o.hidI (LM 12S; MM 121). .. BriIiIb....... . Ihc (CT 3S, AM SI; GT 1S4; PM un. Dmid DdOc (LM 66; MM 297). Sir SaJu (VV 116). Raben LouiI (CT CannId (GT 276-77. PM faa (GT S2). LcwiI c...oa (AM o,IIn Thoma (CT 273; LM 9; MM .... Ie (LM The ....... Ncr-val (MM 2S). Duma,., 2S9). (FA 106). (MM 32).
I
I i
•
ProuIc (MM 196). M.InuK (FA 106). Jonaco (LM 8S). (Cf 41....oU; MM 121. 334; AM I ON 193). 10 auIbaa iadude (LM 217) and (Cf 10. 41....oU; MM 121; GT 4S. , 10 Ru.ian include Gap (GT 126 1/; AM 233) ..... (VV II+. PM 238; MM 32). Iherc ' 10 Hamer (MM 42-43). (VV 47). (Cf 232). No (MM 2S7). .....
pilip 236). Goccbc (Cf 213; 32). Ihe Grimm bracbca (MM 293). (GT 127). rc.a. (AM 71-72) .... Baqp (Cf Ihe I .... ,
Iherc ~ Ihe (AM I ~SS). (Cf 224.231. 236). T·lm"d (Cf 231). We .. 6nd 10 ...
de Monlllipc (AM
... u:h.Micbd
JC.at (LM 228; MM Gears .... (LM Freud (Cf 2S9).1WmcI BInha (AM
6. The &m club : : .anaidlDche .....
•
JC.I MMx (Cf 127; ON 67). .... juIa ICriIIewa (Cf 1"l.
aMa·
ADIIna. GIl ...... " rn- Rice fII 1999.
--.. oc..r"r",...,(TheT_ ...... s.laiD.l996. --.. u IWrw (The ...... s.IaiD. 19M. --,.0 GiN".. _ .. MIdrJ. ...... s.IaiD. 2110"
. I I I --,. u Giar II ...... s.IaiD. 211 _ --.. 0 Ltt1tII." (The s..dl ...... s.IaiD. 1996.
lilt of
--..lIrfM._ IA....... I".. --.. LOMrtltllll,.. s..IfII .. --,. u ,..., tIJ rn- Par ---.. u Mwtltl vw.1\Wcr fII .. VIaII.). ...... S&Iedo. IfJII1.
IC(cichl. .. ..... ' u a-rMDrIiII« ... , AIIIIIiIi tItI "-- ___ .. LcD r...: .....
1910. II-I". T .... fII'A IWisa fII o.aM RaiaL' 7Ir Laadaa: 1901. . •
IIIItI ~ c:..t..: A c.a..I ,..". UP. 1994. •
FWrc. , GnmIci,~
lea.... JW..1IIItI LocIIeo, s-ricL u u.. ... -. 2004.
_I. 19110.
Ma-. , ".a. N-.
Mauri. PIaIo. AAW,.c.. : ScIaiD.
T..u. 7Ir 0...1 '*"" • ... IIIItI htIIIMIlfttiM. s..dIenI 191M.
1993-The
Tcwbw. T--. 7Ir"". ,,"-. -n... 1ticII.I ............... NY: eon.I 1977.
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