“Addio al mondo”: riflessioni sul romanzo apocalittico italiano degli anni Duemila
Résumé
The article analyzes three Italian post-apocalyptic novels: Sirene by Laura Pugno, La seconda mezzanotte by Antonio Scurati and Fuoco su Napoli by Ruggero Cappuccio. The purpose is to show which conception of time structures the plot of these three novels. By means of a narratological approach and the myth of Apocalypse described in Saint Paul’s Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the article wants to show the katechontic power of literature, namely the power of restraining the end.