The «Satyricon» as a Hypotext in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture: Alberto Arbasino’s «Fratelli d’Italia»
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Abstract
In Certi romanzi (1964, republished with revisions in 1977), Alberto Arbasino described the elaborative process that led him to write his novel-essay Fratelli d’Italia. Among his reference models, Petronius’ Satyricon stands out within the stylistic category of the Menippean satire. This article analyzes the central Petronian motifs in Fratelli d’Italia by using the analytical tools offered by Certi romanzi.
Keywords
- Alberto Arbasino
- Petronius
- Satire
- Federico Fellini
- Bruno Maderna
