Abstract
Detective stories were established in Italy at the end of the nine- teenth century in imitation of the 'noir' and the French and English serial novels. The Italian detective story over time has grown also with some of our better writers and it is to stories written by Carlo Emilio Gadda, Leonardo Sciascia, Carlo Fruttero/Franco Lucentini, Carlo Fruttero and Andrea Vitali that this paper is dedicated to investigating. In addition, all these authors reveal with linguistic reflections that they appreciate the inherent power of Proper Names. The de- tective novel is especially appropriate on the relation between proper names and identity. Indeed, normally at the beginning of events both in the real world and in detective fiction the personalities present in the good and bad texture of events have not yet been identified. These authors of Italian detective stories look for an ally in the nominatio to help them define the identity of their characters and the backdrop of their story.
Highlights
One can say that detective stories were established in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century in imitation of the ‘noir’ and the French and English serial novels, but soon they began to take on their own characteristics, especially given the great number of trials that shocked Italian society at the turn of the twentieth century
The detective story over time has become a mask symbolizing the tragic nature of our era. It has grown with some of our better writers and it is to some stories written by Carlo Emilio Gadda, Leonardo Sciascia, Carlo maria giovanna arcamone
Fruttero together with Franco Lucentini, Carlo Fruttero and Andrea Vitali that this paper is dedicated to investigating. All these authors reveal with linguistic reflections that they appreciate the inherent power of proper names
Summary
Detective stories were established in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century in imitation of the ‘noir’ and the French and English serial novels. I hold that the detective novel is especially appropriate, for today’s discussion, on the relation between proper names and identity.
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