"Il Casellante". The light of classics in Andrea Camilleri's second metamorphosis

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  • María del Henar Velasco López University of Salamanca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2018302255

Keywords:

Classical Mithology, Metamorphosis, Apolo and Daphne, Andrea Camilleri, Il Casellante

Abstract

Il casellante (El guardabarrera in Spanish) by A. Camilleri is a highly original recreation of the Greek myth of Apollo and Daphne.

From the field of Classical Philology we offer some guidance to enlighten the similarities and differences with the classical sources, as well as a possible reference to the myth of Niobe.

The article also insists on the centrality of this novel in the trilogy of metamorphoses created by Camilleri, the parallelisms and different ways of transforming ancient tragic stories, developing their contents in new contexts and with unique, unexpected happy endings.

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Author Biography

  • María del Henar Velasco López, University of Salamanca

    Profesora Titular de Filología Griega

    Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo

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2018-07-09

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How to Cite

Velasco López, M. del H. (2018). "Il Casellante". The light of classics in Andrea Camilleri’s second metamorphosis. Tropelías: Review of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, 30, 73-82. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2018302255
Received 2017-11-15
Accepted 2018-04-07
Published 2018-07-09