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Unlike the French "progress," Verga’s world is one of "vinti" (the defeated), where change is impossible. 4. Decadence and the End of Certainties (Early 1900s)

After the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento), the focus shifts to the harsh reality of the new state.

This is the era of and Giacomo Leopardi . Italian literature moves away from "provincial" styles to engage with the great European debates.

Italo Svevo and Luigi Pirandello shatter the traditional narrative. Svevo brings Freud’s psychoanalysis into the novel ( La coscienza di Zeno ), while Pirandello deconstructs the human identity ( Il fu Mattia Pascal ). Summary for your "Solid Story" Protagonists: The "Intellectual-Hero" (Foscolo) →right arrow The "Moral Educator" (Manzoni) →right arrow The "Fragmented Individual" (Pirandello).

They mirror the Sturm und Drang movement in Germany and the political upheaval of the French Revolution.