Italo Zvevo - Italo Zvevo

Japanese: イタロ・ズベーボ - いたろずべーぼ
Italo Zvevo - Italo Zvevo

...A novel by Italian author Italo Svevo. Published in 1923. It took three years to complete, and was released when he was 62 years old. The protagonist, Zeno Corsini, a bourgeoisie man who has fallen into idleness, writes about his life and analyzes his disillusionment, contradictions, and suffering in an attempt to recover from his own depression, following the advice of a psychiatrist. Thanks to E. Montale's keen eye and the efforts of his friend J. Joyce, the story established the name of this isolated old writer from Trieste. As for its technique, it broke with traditional structure and style by making full use of irony and metaphor, and as a theme, it deals with individual neurosis, but also anticipates the anxieties of modern life by superimposing them on the illnesses of the historical crisis of Europe between the two world wars, thus setting a new course for 20th century literature. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Italo Svevo" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…イタリアの作家イータロ・ズベーボの小説。1923年刊。3年の歳月を費やして62歳のときに発表された。無為に陥ったブルジョアジーの主人公ゼーノ・コルシーニが,自己回復を求めて,精神医の助言に従い己の一生を綴り,幻滅と撞着と苦悩を分析するという物語で,E.モンターレの炯眼(けいがん)と友人J.ジョイスの尽力によって,孤立したこのトリエステの老作家の名を不動のものにした。手法としては,イロニーと暗喩に満ちた,精神の内奥への分析を駆使して伝統的な構成・文体を壊した点で,主題としては,個人の神経症を扱いながら,両大戦間のヨーロッパという歴史的な危機の時代の病に重ねて現代人の生の不安を先取りした点で,20世紀文学の新たな針路を示した。…

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