Recognizing oneself in a distorted mirror: the irresolvable distance and proximity between Pavese and Pasolini

Chianese, Francesco 2023. Recognizing oneself in a distorted mirror: the irresolvable distance and proximity between Pavese and Pasolini. Moscardi, Iuri, ed. Cesare Pavese Mythographer, Translator, Modernist. A Recognition of Sstudies 70 Years after His Death, Vernon Press,

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Abstract

The literary careers of Cesare Pavese and Pier Paolo Pasolini overlapped for about eight years, from 1942 to 1950, but were based in separate contexts that the war did not bring any closer. The distance between them grew subsequently within criticism, as mostly scholars worked separately on them despite their shared interestes, like their fascination for the Greek myth and the United States. Nonetheless, a comparison between Pavese and Pasolini relying upon the identification of common topics does not always produce similarities, but it is a productive approach for deepening the understanding of their radical difference. Building upon a series of points of contact between Pavese and Pasolini – their contradictory approach to otherness, their preference for the myth, their attraction to the United States and ancient Greece, their passion for psychoanalysis and anthropology – this essay aims to connect Pavese and Pasolini through their distance, pointing out how the elements that they show as common increase their difference in significant ways.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages
Publisher:	Vernon Press
ISBN:	9781648890871
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 December 2022
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2024 11:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155072

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