Chapter Per uno studio delle transizioni narrative in Il dispatrio

Abstract

The article presents a narratological study of Il dispatrio, structured by two key critical axes: the connection between autobiography and point of view. Il dispatrio is presented as a distinctly autobiographical novel, written in first person, with a rhapsodic and discontinuous development. We demonstrate how Meneghello’s transcultural identity produces a dialectic of perspectives which identifies the self in different ways through space and time. Finally, the methods by which the narrator links various situations are examined, as the narrative transitions between fragments. We aim to demonstrate how Il dispatrio can be read as a process of stylistic and intellectual development: from the logic of cause and effect to that of ‘relationships’ (or ‘strong interaction’).