6/13/2023 0 Comments Moral values of pinocchio storyThis commission led to another where he was asked to rework well-known Italian children literature. However, his career as a children’s writer began after he was commissioned to translate French literary fairy tales by Perrault, Madame d’Aulnoy, and Madame Le Prince de Beaumont. His interest in theatre increased and as a result he wrote two screenplays and the novel, The Mysteries of Florence. Lorenzini continued to write as a freelance journalist and worked for a theatrical paper called Lo Scaramuccia. Collodi is the name of the Tuscan village his mother comes from.ĭuring his career as a journalist, he founded a political satire magazine called Il Lampione which was later ceased by the government. He first started writing under the pseudonym of Collodi when he wrote the political satire Il signor Alberi ha ragione! Di (Cro 88). However, he believed priesthood was not for him and became a freelance journalist who had ambitions of reawakening Italian theatre. Lorenzini was provided with a seminary education and studied two years with the Piarist Fathers in Florence. Although his family was poor, he received an education because his parents’ employers saw that he was quite intelligent. The eldest child of ten, Lorenzini was born to servant parents who worked for a noble family (Lucas). About the AuthorĬarlo Lorenzini, who wrote under the pen name Carlo Collodi, was born in Florence, Italy on November 24, 1826. With information on both the author and illustrator, the overall approach of this commentary focuses on cautionary story elements, while depicting the living conditions of a specific demographic during its time and space specific culture (19th century Italy). Illustrated by Attilio Mussino, this book is about the adventures of Pinocchio, a puppet free of strings and created from talking wood. The following curatorial commentary covers Carlo Collodi’s he Adventures of Pinocchio (1969). © 2010, Daniel Kim, Dennis Lieu, Arujan Ravindran, Vyshnavi SuntharalingamĬarlo Collodi.
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