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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

resignation, Giovanni Verga, I Malavoglia, religion

College

Humanities

Department

French and Italian

Abstract

The purpose of my research is to present a clear understanding of the view of life presented in Giovanni Verga’s novel, I Malavoglia. I chose to study this author because I had been exposed to his short stories in my Italian courses and had been intrigued by Verga’s strong desire to present the world as realistically as he saw it. My mentor recommended the novel to me because it is the first in a series Verga proposed to write that would explore the lives of those that struggle against their own fate and fail tragically. The main question that arose in my mind as I read the novel was how to define the role of God or divinity in the story. Religion played a large part in the culture of the people in the novel, yet fate also plays a prominent role. I wanted to know if fate really is the supreme power in the novel or if God, in some form or other, could be said to govern the world of the novel.

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