marcin
(Marcin)
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contact with Antonio Chiappetta (Cosenza,
1876-1942), author of Jugale (a poem in
sextets that gives life to a bizzarre character,
who feigns foolishness and credulity),
created the figure of a southern farmer-
soldier, Rosarbino, who, in a series of letters
to his father, attests the disorientation of the
southerner tackling personal problems in the
big city. The point of view of the farmer is
conveyed in a macaronic dialect, mixing
Italian words and corroded slang, which
expresses the corrosive ironic tension with
which the poet judges the whole of
contemporary society.
To document the wealth of poetry in
Calabrian dialect one could mention many
authors balanced, in general, between the
impressionistic sketch, satirical bend and
social engagement, that give voice to the
rage or anxiety of the people in their