The naturalistic function of the descriptive pause in Nature morte by S. Plaskovitis : a fruitful dialogue with prose tradition

This article examines the mechanisms and semantic manifestations of how fictional characters and the social/natural space are depicted in the work of the post-war Greek author Spyros Plaskovitis, who exploits description as a way to organise his works conceptually and aesthetically. The paper focuses on a study of the descriptive pauses in Nature Morte, from the Naked Tree collection (1952), which is a short story not previously thoroughly studied by criticism wherein the author manages to structure the plot and the ideological core of his story with reference to naturalistic standards. An analysis of the narrative reveals the extent to which Plaskovitis converses with previous European and Greek prose tradition but at the same time achieves modernisation and adaptation to the aesthetic/cultural needs of his time.