The Satirical Tradition of Collodi and Pinocchio’s Nose

Autor(en)

Georgia Panteli

Abstrakt

This paper explores the theme of Pinocchio’s nose in Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) and its retellings, with particular emphasis on the satirical aspects of the texts. Collodi’s Pinocchio is known as a children’s story, yet it is a text written for both children and adults, and is entertaining for both due to its satirical and subversive nature. Both in terms of stylistics and visual references, Collodi was influenced by Laurence Sterne’s satirical texts, in particular by The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, published more than a century earlier. Sterne’s influence is clearly manifested in the case of Pinocchio’s growing nose. The article explores how this theme has been used satirically in postmodern retellings of Collodi’s text, such as Jerome Charyn’s Pinocchio’s Nose (1983) and Robert Coover’s Pinocchio in Venice (1991). Even though Pinocchio’s growing nose is frequently associated with lying, the focus of this article will be on Freudian interpretations and sexual allusions, and how satire works in that context.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft

Band

4

Seiten

381-390

Anzahl der Seiten

10

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110642032-030

Publikationsdatum

01-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

602053 Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ad92204a-2f9a-4fe3-b73a-cb338e557889