Paola Casella 2. Strategie umoristiche pirandelliane: dalla narrazione al dramma abstract Luigi Pirandello’s oeuvre is dominated, for the most part, by humour. This special view of the world is generated by the double perception of...
morePaola Casella 2. Strategie umoristiche pirandelliane: dalla narrazione al dramma abstract Luigi Pirandello’s oeuvre is dominated, for the most part, by humour. This special view of the world is generated by the double perception of derision and compassion and triggers the suspension of any mono-faceted certainty. The main ploys used in Pirandello’s narrative texts to convey humour (the variable focus of the narrative voice, the poignant adjectives and grotesque details, together with the ‘open’ ending or the inclusion of commentary at the end) are not available within the communication patterns of the dramatic text and the theatre performance. The absence of the narrator’s humoristic mediation and the fact that the plays are enjoyed in real time require that the characters have more definite features which are immediately understand- able. Furthermore, the internal disquiet must become apparent in violent confrontations between the characters. The anomalous protagonists who are subj...
