Il discorso metapoetico, metalinguistico e metatestuale nella poesia italiana del secondo Novecento e contemporanea

This dissertation explores the metapoetic, metalinguistic and metatextual discourse along the Italian late 20th century and contemporary poetry. The first chapter carries out an examination of the terminology in use and an overview of the studies performed to date. It also presents the method employed, which consists, firstly, in mapping the metapoetic, metalinguistic and metatextual vocabulary of the whole poetic work of an author; and, secondly, in conducting a stylistic analysis of the poems including the characteristic terms of their poetry. In the following chapters this method is applied to the poetic works of Andrea Zanzotto, Adriano Spatola, and Vittorio Reta. Each monographic study covers one specific phenomenon, which is also investigated in the corresponding chapter of comparison. These last sections are respectively related to Giovanni Giudici; Corrado Costa, Giulia Niccolai, and Patrizia Vicinelli; Edoardo Sanguineti. In conclusion, the final chapter compares the stylistic devices and the intertextual references previously pointed out.