Passato Remoto in Contemporary Italian

Abstract

The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to describe Passato remoto in the present system of Italian tenses. The first part is based on an examination the work of Italian contemporary linguists Dardani M., G. Patoty, L. Renziho, L. Serianniho and a Czech linguist S. Hamplova. Thesis represents a concept of how to use Passao remoto, and Passato prossimo. This theoretical part, deals with parameters that affect competition of use. Practical part shows a presence of Passato remoto mainly in relatively extensive literary text of ten Italian authors who are representatives of different Italian regions. In coclutsion there are presented criteria of the competition of Passato remoto and Passato prossimo. Key reason for the competition of these two tenses is subjective choice of speaker, other reasons are marginal