Which literary current is Giovanni Verga associated with, and what technique does it favour?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Verismo, with an impersonal narrator who hides behind the characters' point of view
- Step 1: Verismo was the Italian parallel to French naturalism. Step 2. Verga aimed at impersonality, so that the story seems to tell itself in the voice of the village community, as in I Malavoglia. Answer: verismo with an impersonal narrator. Why not the others: the other options describe movements with different aims, none of which fits Verga's rural tales.
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