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Giovanni Verga takes the French Naturalism of Zola and adapts it to the dry, brutal landscape of Sicily ( I Malavoglia ).

After the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento), the focus shifts to the harsh reality of the new state. Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...

This is the era of and Giacomo Leopardi . Italian literature moves away from "provincial" styles to engage with the great European debates. Giovanni Verga takes the French Naturalism of Zola

The struggle to find a "national voice" while constantly looking toward Paris, London, and Berlin for the latest philosophical and stylistic innovations. Italian literature moves away from "provincial" styles to

The story begins with the collapse of the Ancien Régime . Italian writers like and Ugo Foscolo are no longer just "letterati" (men of letters) but "prophets" of a new nation.

He creates the modern Italian novel ( I Promessi Sposi ), adopting the historical realism of Walter Scott but infusing it with Catholic morality and linguistic unity.

As the century closes, the "solid" reality of the 1800s dissolves into psychology and symbolism.