| Title: | Gli stereotipi identitari nella drammaturgia di Eduardo de Filippo |
| Author: | Roxana Utale |
| Publication: | Meridian Critic / Analele Universităţii „Ștefan cel Mare” din Suceava. Seria Filologie. A. Lingvistică, B. Literatură, 26 (1), Section Critical dossier: Critical discourse and linguistic variation: Cultural and linguistic stereotypes, p. 17-22 |
| p-ISSN: | 2069-6787 |
| Publisher: | Editura Universităţii din Suceava |
| Place: | Suceava |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | In everyday speech, stereotypes may often be charged with rather a negative connotation. In his drama, Eduardo De Filippo, a name that stands for the quintessential Naples character, makes vivid use of all sorts of stereotypes (linguistic, behavioral, religious a. s. o.) specific for his fellow-country people – not in order to highlight any inferior or comic aspects of a civilization, but on the contrary, in order to justify his characters and place them in a particularly consistent context. Luca Cupiello’s obsession with the Christmas manger; the entire community’s reluctance to touch the dead (be they even fake!) in the play Napoli milionaria; or the prevalent confidence in the capability of the dead to disclose winning lottery numbers in the play Non ti pago!; the consecration of such domestic rituals as the morning coffee a. s. o. – may serve as only a few of the illustrations of cultural stereotyping endowed with a positive significance in De Filippo’s drama. Never meaning to transform stereotypes into models, or even into exemplary patterns, De Filippo actually makes up a genuine catalog of repetitive behavior instances – defining for the natives of Naples. |
| Key words: | Eduardo De Filippo,Napoli, drama, anthropology, identity |
| Language: | Italian |
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