Summary: | This thesis is aimed to compare aspects and poetics of Neo-realism in Italian literature and cinema based on selected literary works and movies of this period. The theoretical part introduces Italian neoralism, his development, poetics, periodisation, magazines and authors in two main fields, literature and cinema. Further, the teoretical part is focused on literary and cinematic techniques, cinematic language, narrative techniques and directors' style of directing. The aim of the practical part are partial comparative analyses of selected literary works and movies regarding their content and form. These partial analyses are based on selection of four of the main themes of Neo- Realism. These themes are poor social conditions, Italian south, Italian resistance movement and fascism and anti-fascism. The conclusion is focused on comparation of both the literary and cinematic fields and stresses how they reflect the poetics and aims of Neo-Realism.
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