Monasteri neri: letteratura ungherese e italiana e scrittura popolare nella Prima Guerra Mondiale

The paper Black Monasteries: Hungarian and Italian Literature and Popular Writing in the First World War analyzes War literature and the directly related literature about internment camps, both relating to the First World War, which had a different development in Hungary and Italy; however, similar features can be found in them. Regarding these aspects, this essay examines some works, starting from the Black Monastery [Fekete kolostor] by Aladar Kuncz and other novels and reportage novels (Siberian garrison [Sziberiai garnizon], by Rodion Markovits) of the same period. Their characteristic traits are peculiar and common with Italian works (i.e. Un anno sull'altipiano, by Emilio Lussu, Taccuino di Caporetto, by Carlo Emilio Gadda), while the final part of the essay concerns popular writing and its role in the literature, based on the experience in internment camps and war literature through studies and research that focus on the correspondence with families and friends of soldiers and internees from many European countries.

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This paper analyzes the development of war literature and literature about internment camps during the First World War in Hungary and Italy, finding similarities between them. By examining various works, the paper explores their unique characteristics and investigates the role of popular writing in war literature.