marcin
(Marcin)
#1
biased, it reveals an outdated and almost
exploitative intent which certainly does not
do poetry any good.
The dialect of Creazzo, often harsh,
conservative and tendentiously archaic,
almost petrified (so that it does not lend
itself to the frequent practice of translating
Latin odes into vernacular), depends entirely
on slang, a consequence of his attempt to
remain close to the static rural world, which
does not allow other types of values, even
when it is forced to deal with the need for
integrative lexical loans.
Somewhat more successful are the
political stances of Nicola Giunta (1895-
1968). But they rarely reach the level of
comprehensive meaningfulness, because the
observation point, resentful and polemical, is
generally urban Reggio Calabria. The
definitive switch to dialect took place after