Capuana, Luigi

Capuana, Luigi

▪ Italian writer
born May 28, 1839, Mineo, Sicily [Italy]
died Nov. 29, 1915, Catania

      Italian critic and writer who was one of the earliest Italian advocates of realism. Capuana influenced many writers, including the novelist Giovanni Verga (Verga, Giovanni) and the playwright Luigi Pirandello (Pirandello, Luigi), who were his friends.

      Born of a wealthy Sicilian family, Capuana studied law for two years at the University of Catania. Thereafter, he lived in Florence, was a drama critic for La Nazione, and familiarized himself with the writings of Honoré de Balzac, Émile Zola, and other French naturalists. Following a seven-year stay in Mineo, he went to Milan, writing again for a newspaper.

      Generally speaking, Capuana embraced the literary movement called verismo and exhibited in both his criticism and his fiction a distinct preference for naturalism and objectivity and an avoidance of symbolism. In 1877 the first of his 15 volumes of short stories appeared and in 1879 the first of his six novels, Giacinta, a psychological study of a wronged woman. Another important novel, Il marchese di Roccaverdina (1901; “The Marquis of Roccaverdina”), is an excellent study of guilt. Though he wrote much additional fiction—including stories for children—he is probably best known for Giacinta and Il marchese di Roccaverdina and for his critical studies. His best critical works are Studi sulla letteratura contemporanea (1880, 1882), essays on Balzac, the Goncourts, Zola, and Verga; and Gli “ismi” contemporanei (1898; “Contemporary ‘Isms' ”). Capuana taught for a time in Rome and at the University of Catania.

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