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The "Italian revolution," according to Foscolo, Manzoni, D'Azeglio and other greats of our nineteenth century

with Professor Claudio Gigante

Wednesday 24 March at 18.30, Italian Cultural Institute, Rue de
Livourne 38, Brussels

continue with a lecture on the Italian novel nineteenth century, the cultural events of Dante in Brussels in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture.

"The events that led to the unification of Italy were considered revolutionary by men who lived in those years. It is commonly talked of "Italian Revolution" and was contrasted or compared to the French. Even the old Manzoni, in the last days of his long life, set about the composition of a comparable treatment between the two revolutions.

Today, for many reasons, the sense, even cultural dimension of the "revolutionary" seems to have been lost. But in the pages of some of the artists of that you can 'still grab feeling heroic mood 'the protagonists of a season away now. "

Claudio Gigante was born in Naples on 27 February 1972. He was trained at the University of Naples" Federico II ", where he graduated (1995), achieved doctorate (1996-1999) and has conducted research until 2003. It 'was also Fellow of the Foundation Natalino Sapegno of Aosta (1995-96). Since 2003, Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Brussels (ULB). E 'Vice-President of the Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society in Brussels.