[ES]La noci?n de ?literatura picaresca? se sit?a entra las m?s errantes y brumosas de la literatura comparada. El deseo de ampliar tan estricto coto ha redefinido el concepto en un sentido de ?tradici?n picaresca?, o incluso en los t?rminos utilizados por Guill?n o Blackburn, de un ?mito picaresco?. Visto entonces de modo dial?ctico, y por v?a del c?rculo hermen?utico, el g?nero se enriquece y modifica continuamente con nuevas novelas. El difunto Mat?as Pascal, de Luigi Pirandello, exhibe elementos ic?nicos que remiten a la novela picaresca original y satisface los criterios mayores de dicha categor?a cr?tica amplia. El protagonista de la novela, desde la po?tica del personaje picaresco y en clave evolutiva, despu?s del intervalo rom?ntico de h?roes en su mayor?a m?s homog?neos, redescubre el prototipo antit?tico de la novela cr?tica del seiscientos, de molde y ascendencia picaresca.

[EN]The idea about picaresque novel got a place inside the most misty and wandering of the compared literature. with the purpose of expanding on that strict field, the concept has been redefine in a sense of ?tradici?n picaresca?, or even in terms used by Guill?n or Blackburn, of a ?mito picaresco?. Then, in a dialectic way, and through the hermeutic circle, the genre is continuously enriched and modified with new novels. El difunto Mat?as Pascal, of Luigi Pirandello, shows iconic elements that refers to the original picaresque novel and satisfies the higher criteria of that enlarge critic category. The main character of the novel, from the poetic of the picaresque character and in a evolved key, after the romantic heroes interval mostly homogeneous, rediscover the opposite prototype of the 176h century critic novel, of origin and picaresque background.