Title: Gli spazi marginali di un personaggio bizzarro: l'adattamento del romanzo Totò il buono
Abstract:The study suggests an analysis of the adaptation of character by the novel of Cesare Zavattini Toto il buono to Vittorio De Sica’s film Miracolo a Milano, and focuses on representation of goodness, as...The study suggests an analysis of the adaptation of character by the novel of Cesare Zavattini Toto il buono to Vittorio De Sica’s film Miracolo a Milano, and focuses on representation of goodness, as eccentric quality that the texts connect with the fictional word of Toto. Particularly if both works show the character linked at marginal spaces in relation at culture of destination, their suggestions are not equivalent. The essay illustrates how adaptation reworks the idea of novel (where marginality is connected with nature and asocial space) by the point of view of grotesque to clime its utopia and valorize popular and folkloric culture according with neorealist interpretation of Zavattini.Read More