Influwenzi anti-soċjali fin-narrattiva Maltija

Abstract

This study predominantly demonstrates the role of anti-hero in three important novels in Maltese literature, ‘L-lbleh’ (Ġużè Orlando), ‘Tant il-Weraq tal-Palm’ (Trevor Zahra) and ‘L-Istramb’ (Oliver Friggieri). The first chapter seeks to examine the basic influence of the anti-hero characterization and how certain philosophical ideas are to be found in these novels. It also demonstrates a collective combination between the three main characters found in each novel studied and also role-model characters in ‘Leli ta' Ħaż-Żgħir’ (Ġużè Ellul Mercer) from early Maltese literature and in The Outsider (Albert Camus), an inspirational novel published in France in the late 1940's. The second chapter takes as its major focus the anti-social behaviour in its various aspects where no compromise is found between the main characters and society. A third chapter, briefly points out contemporary Maltese literature which also considers the importance of characters with different perception, mainly psychological. It also seeks to forecast the future's outcome of such theme in Maltese literature.