Image of a Family in Selected Works of Italian Verismo

Bachelor thesis compares three different novels and family models depicted in them writen by three different writers. The thesis deals with an Italian literary movement called Verismo, exponents of Verismo, social, cultural and psychological aspects of the characters and classification of novels in the historical context. The first chapter of the thesis defines Verismo. The following chapters are dedicated to the individual novels, where we deals with topic, describe one chosen character, interaction of the characters among them and description of family from the economical and social aspect. Each chapter is dedicated to one novel. At the end the results of the analysis of the novels and families are presented and the main characters and families are compared. Key words Italy - Sicily - Rome - 19th century - verismo - famil