Abstract

ISMAYILOVA RAFAIL, Nargiz. Italo Calvino and Italian postmodern literature. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2024, vol.16, n.1, pp. 270-275.  Epub Feb 28, 2024. ISSN 2218-3620.

The objective of this work is to analyze the work of Italo Calvino and its impact on postmodernism as well as later literary currents. The works of Italo Calvino, which are important signatures of Italian literature, are rich in dimensions and aspects important for the understanding and study of European postmodernism as he presented original examples of different theories and structurally based prose in the field of postmodernism, as well as innovations in the psychic, semiological and many other fields. In Calvino's creation, which transforms life into a postmodern game aesthetic, postmodernist features are more than excessive. The article specifically draws attention to "If on a winter's night a traveler", written in a different fantastic style. The novel, which has the effect of dialogue between the author and the reader, is based on the principle of literacy so that from beginning to end, the reader is included in the novel. The most interesting and extravagant elements of the postmodern novel and its systematicity are presented in "If on a winter's night a traveler" stands out for its dynamics of supervision. In the work, the basic elements of postmodernism such as metafiction, intertexuality, literacy, multiplicity of explanations and narratives, almost multitudes, and pastiche are embroidered with unique colors.

Keywords : Postmodernism; Calvino; Italian literature; Novel; Prose.