Fontamara (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Secondo Tranquilli
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early 1930’s
- Setting: The Abruzzi region in southern Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Political fiction
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Villages, 1930’s, Martyrs or martyrdom, Italy or Italians, Fascism, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Abruzzi, Italy
Characters Discussed
Berardo Viola (beh-RAHR-doh vee-OH-lah), the biggest and strongest of the Fontamarans and, accordingly, the most respected. A peasant with no land, Berardo has nothing to lose and is thus free to retaliate against the government’s cruel and unfair treatment of thecafoni (peasants). Driven by an inherent sense of Christian brotherhood, he becomes the first peasant to sacrifice his life for his fellow people.
Giovà (jee-oh-VAH), short for Giovanni, one of the narrators. Giovà personifies the typical Fontamaran peasant. He works his arid land...
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