![]() When the boat is wrecked, one of the men dies, which ignites a series of disgraces endured by the Malavoglias, which pushes them to the edge of economic and social collapse. They hope to follow progress and improve their economic situation, so they entrust their future to “ provvidenza” (or “providence,” also the name of the Malavoglia's little ship). ![]() This transformation is evoked through the decadence of a poor Sicilian family of fishermen, the Malavoglias. The narrative is set in Aci Trezza, in Catania, a little town by the sea, and its events occur during Italy’s unification, a historical moment that saw the irruption of modernity in rural life. ![]() I Malavoglia is a novel published in 1881 by Giovanni Verga, one of the most important figures in the Italian “verism” movement, which attempted to depict humanity’s condition without embellishments, somewhat like “realism” in France at the same time. ![]()
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