Redenzione e perdizione tra Manzoni e Pirandello

Abstract

In this essay, a parallel reading of the works of Manzoni and Pirandello is carried out, placing the theme of redemption at the center of attention. The two writers, the first Catholic, the second nihilist and skeptical, start from the common observation that the
world of men is dominated by evil. Thus it was born the need for a confrontation with the divine. In the Promessi Sposi, in Lazzaro, in many short stories, Manzoni and Pirandello describe the path of redemption that can transform the life of men.