Sicilian epic and the marionette theater / Michael Buonanno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buonanno, Michael, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marionettes--Italy--Sicily--History.

Marionettes.

Puppet theater--Italy--Sicily--History.

Puppet theater.

Theater and society--Italy--Sicily--History.

Theater and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study analyzes the folkloric genres that comprise the repertoire of the marionette theater in Sicily. Here, epic, farce, saints' lives, bandits' lives, fairytales, Christian myth, and city legend offer the vehicles by which puppeteers comment upon, critique--perhaps even negotiate--the relationships among the major classes of Sicilian society: the aristocracy, the people, the clergy and the Mafia. The lynchpin of the repertoire is the Carolingian Cycle and, in particular, a contemporary version of The Song of Roland known in Sicily as The Death of the Paladins, a text which illustrates th

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface: A Storied Island; Introduction: The Genius of Palermo; One: The Cultural Context of Sicilian Epic; Two: The Marionette Theater; Three: Knights and Masques; Four: Saints and Bandits; Five: On Christian Soil; Six: The Carolingian Cycle; Seven: The Song of Roland in Sicily; Eight: Social Order and the Fairy Tale; Nine: City Legend and Secret Societies; Conclusion: The Last Adventure; Appendix: The Death of the Paladins; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1500-4