Narrare di mostri. Media, non fiction ed ermeneutica

Abstract

 Taking Giuseppe Culicchia’s Il tempo di vivere con te as a starting point, this article aims to illustrate a trend in literary non-fiction: the representation of murders committed by individuals typically labeled as ‘monsters’ in the media. The analysis considers how media framing shapes public perception of these events, and it explores the implications of employing the term ‘monster’ within this context. Culicchia’s work explicitly challenges this narrative, and I analyse how he constructs Walter Alasia’s story. This investigation highlights two distinct forms of truth within the text: factual truth and interpretive truth. Finally, the article broadens the discussion to include other works and to address theoretical implications for non-fiction, comprehension, and hermeneutics.