CALVINIAN LIGHTNESS IN THE WORK OF DANIELE DEL GIUDICE

Abstract

This article highlights the question of Italo Calvino’s literary heritage, limiting itself to one of his most important values – the lightness. It contains an explanation of the concept of the lightness expressed in Le lezioni americane with the intention of tracing signs of Italo Calvino’s value in narrative of Daniele Del Giudice. The article makes an attempt to answer the question in what way Del Giudice adopted the Calvino’s concept of lightness in his narrative, especially in Staccando l’ombra da terra (1994), in Atlante Occidentale (1985) and in In questa luce (2013).