The picaresque town

This abstract (the beginning of this project) can be essentially considered too a work of synthesis, translation and argumentation regarding one of the most important referential texts of the picaresque literature: “La literatura picaresca desde la historia social” written by Jose Antonio Maravall. My goal in the development of this project was to focus on the principal ideas contained in this volume and specifically on the existent correlation between the picaresque literature and the concept of city, in terms of urban surrounding. I would like to underline the fact that this work was strongly developed around my various study and research activities based on the text itself. The basic reason for my attachment to the text is that I am just beginning what will be my future research activity. I used these ideas regarding picaresque literature, which today are viewed as being universally acceptable, in order to orient myself in this literary genre. The other ideas which I analyze and describe in my following doctorate projects are more personal, especially because I had the opportunity to study them beforehand. This work did not only include research activity, but it was sometimes a translation project as well since I has to translate it from Spanish (the original text) to Italian, in order to then develop the synthesis and argumentation in the French language. In conclusion I can state that I was able to construct a solid base to shape and plan my Doctorate thesis with the habitually themes of picaresque literature, for example the need of to find the food on the city.