A Study & Revision Aid to Luigi Pirandello's 'Six Characters in Search of an Author'

By Wendy Fraser

This study and revision aid was originally designed and developed as an interactive computer program for 2nd and final year undergraduates reading Italian Literature and Language and has been used in the Language Lab at the University of Kent, Canterbury (UK). It can be found at my website (www.wendyfraser.com), and can be used by anyone studying the text of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' in Italian or English. Divided into 5 modules there are several interactive quizzes to complete.

In the ebook are four modules that can be studied in any order, and each module begins with an Introduction and has several sections. A 3000 word paper exploring the relation between the Actors and Characters has replaced the interactive quizzes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wendy Fraser
• Release date: Jun 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458076649

Wendy Fraser

After a busy working life travelling and taking on a variety of different careers I went to university as a *very* mature student. There I achieved an MA & BA, and became a lecturer. Along the way I've written quite a bit and at last have found the ideal way to share some of it with you. It ranges from local history and Italian literature to editing and illustrating Ron Black's Lakeland Hunting Memories (see www.lakelandhuntingmemories.com). I've already published some printed books at Blurb.com.When I'm not sitting at the laptop formatting stuff for eBooks I'm an equestrian artist and web designer and always seeking out a new challenge!

Book preview

A Study and Revision Aid to

Luigi Pirandello’s

‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’

by Wendy Fraser, MA, BA

Copyright 2011 by the author Wendy Fraser, who retains sole copyright, all rights reserved.

Published by Windsor-Spice Books at Smashwords

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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Preface

This study and revision aid has been designed and developed for 2nd and final year undergraduates reading Italian Literature and Language and has been used in the Language Lab at the University of Kent, Canterbury (UK). However, it can be used by anyone studying the text of Six Characters in Search of an Author in Italian or English.

It started life as a dissertation and interactive project for a Masters degree in 1999, the project written in what was then known as Borland Delphi, now Delphi Programming Language. A few years later it became an interactive website and now it's morphed into an eBook!

Before reading this, it is beneficial to have read both Pirandello's Preface and the text of Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Here are four modules that can be studied in any order, and each module begins with an Introduction and has several sections. The fifth module discusses the relation between the Actors and Characters. On the website there is an additional module containing a selection of interactive quizzes and exercises about the play in both English and Italian plus some videos.

This book does not set out to provide all the answers to questions asked about the play - rather it will introduce different facets and concepts, encouraging the reader to study the text and investigate further.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Module One: Background to the play

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Biography of Pirandello

1.3. Events Leading up to the Play

1.4. Socio-Historical Context of the Play

1.5. Bibliography

Module Two: Synopsis of the play

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Act