Note sulla narrativa italiana contemporanea (a partire da due saggi recenti)

Remarks on contemporary Italian narrative (starting from two recent essays) · Two recent essays, La letteratura circostante. Narrativa e poesia nell’Italia contemporanea by Gianluigi Simonetti (Il Mulino) and Il romanzo italiano contemporaneo. Dalla fine degli anni Settanta a oggi by Carlo Tirinanzi De Medici (Carocci), call the reader to reflect on the state of contemporary Italian poetry. This paper tries to go back to and pinpoint some themes, such as the relationship with tradition, the influence of market factors, the authors’ and readers’ horizon of expectation