Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis

Italian literature includes a large number of dialect writers. Their number is particularly high in Quadrio’s History of Italian Literature, but was reduced in the works written in the Romantic Age (i.e. those by Ginguené, Corniani, Ugoni and Emiliani). The elimination of dialect writers was most dr...

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Main Author: Pietro Gibellini
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Published: Firenze University Press 2017-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/22351
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spelling doaj-art-1bd2bf41da3448ec8322294b6abe7c622018-09-17T08:22:04ZengFirenze University PressLEA : Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente1824-49201824-484X2017-12-016066966410.13128/LEA-1824-484x-2235118551Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De SanctisPietro GibelliniItalian literature includes a large number of dialect writers. Their number is particularly high in Quadrio’s History of Italian Literature, but was reduced in the works written in the Romantic Age (i.e. those by Ginguené, Corniani, Ugoni and Emiliani). The elimination of dialect writers was most drastic in the masterly History of Italian Literature by Francesco De Sanctis published in 1870 for use in schools. He ignored them basically for political reasons, being an ardent supporter of the unity of Italy. Thus he considered dialects an obstacle to this unity. For this reason he backdated the existence of a common Italian language to as early as the 13th century, using the term ‘dialect’ only for writings by Tuscan authors who made use of the spoken language of their region, which could easily be understood by all other Italians.http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/22351Francesco De SanctisItalian literaturedialectshistoriography19th century
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Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis
LEA : Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente
Francesco De Sanctis
Italian literature
dialects
historiography
19th century
author_facet Pietro Gibellini
author_sort Pietro Gibellini
title Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis
title_short Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis
title_full Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis
title_fullStr Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis
title_full_unstemmed Il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>Storia</em> di De Sanctis
title_sort il grande assente: il dialetto nella <em>storia</em> di de sanctis
publisher Firenze University Press
series LEA : Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente
issn 1824-4920
1824-484X
publishDate 2017-12-01
description Italian literature includes a large number of dialect writers. Their number is particularly high in Quadrio’s History of Italian Literature, but was reduced in the works written in the Romantic Age (i.e. those by Ginguené, Corniani, Ugoni and Emiliani). The elimination of dialect writers was most drastic in the masterly History of Italian Literature by Francesco De Sanctis published in 1870 for use in schools. He ignored them basically for political reasons, being an ardent supporter of the unity of Italy. Thus he considered dialects an obstacle to this unity. For this reason he backdated the existence of a common Italian language to as early as the 13th century, using the term ‘dialect’ only for writings by Tuscan authors who made use of the spoken language of their region, which could easily be understood by all other Italians.
topic Francesco De Sanctis
Italian literature
dialects
historiography
19th century
url http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/22351
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