No limiar do abismo: modernidade e declínio da subjetividade na narrativa de Luigi Pirandello

Abstract

This dissertation purposes an interpretation of the short stories that constitute the last stage of Luigi Pirandello's artistic production, followed by the translation of the most important narratives inside the context of this work, some of them unpublished in Portuguese. Our approach is based on the treatment given to the tensions and contradictions of the subjectivity, that here tends to desintegration or waste in the Nature, and its relevancy for the modern aesthetics, both under formal and thematic prisms. The essay is formed by four chapters, discussing the general subject from different works: C'è Qualcuno che Ride, Soffio, Un'Idea and La Casa dell'Agonia, beside the novel Uno, Nessuno e Centomila, privileged as convergence point of the Sicilian writer's main themes and procedures. We attempt to show how the utopic will of regression to a conciousness primitive condition, that permeates these texts as main tension component, tends to definitely confirm the reality of the social relationships loss, subject chased by the author all over his work.