A life worthy of being lived : dialectics in Svevo and Michelstaedter

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The aim of this study is to point out and elaborate the affinities, culturally as well astextually, between the two Italian authors, Italo Svevo and Carlo Michelstaedter.Furthermore, it is the object of this study to demonstrate how, implicitly, the two authorsprovide an answer, each in his own way, to the question of una vita degna di essere vissuta- a life worthy of being lived. The central theme in this regard concerns the distinctivenotions that each author has in respect of 'Ihealth and disease, and life and death, aswell as how these notions correspond to the implicit search in their respective writings forperfection, authenticity and liberty.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University