Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Studia Humanitatis Journal
Articles: miscellaneous

Survival or extinction of the aristocratic class in the 18th century: The Leopard and the House of Salina

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  • Patricia Fernández Blanco
Patricia Fernández Blanco
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9572-2500 (unauthenticated) Autor

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33732/shj.v4i1.105

Published 2024-01-31

Keywords

  • The Leopard,
  • Aristocrazy,
  • Italy,
  • Sicily,
  • Literature,
  • XIX century
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Abstract

Portrait of a declining social class, The Leopard reflects the feelings and reactions of a noble family subjected to the profound and inevitable changes of historical development. This work seeks to place the reader within the changing society of the Italian 18th century and portray the characteristics of the Sicilian aristocratic House through the Italian novel par excellence. The autor, Giuseppe Tomasi of Lampedusa, experienced a century later the same changes that devastated his protagonist. His only novel is a reflection of the thoughts, concerns and internal debates of both of them. After a brief biography of his life and the presentation of the romanzo, the article will focus on the presentation of the main pillars of the aristocracy and the House of Salina: the head of the family and his descendants, the possessions, the feeling of class and its social distinction, rituals and ceremonies that gave order to everything. In this way, the detail of Lampedusa's work will be analyzed and a precise portrait of the Italian aristocratic family during the years of the late 19th century will be developed.

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