Life and things (Suicide and identity)
Keywords:
Dialoghi con Leucò, Il mestiere di vivere, self-destruction, identity, suicide.
Abstract
The analytical and reflective content of a work like Dialoghi con Leucò, in which Cesare Pavese moves away from the enthusiasm prevalent in intellectuals of post-war Italy by underscoring the inflexibility of the world and human nature, serves as a point of departure for an interesting analysis on the relationship of the Piedmontese writer both to himself and the world around him. The recurring motif of suicide in both his novels and diaries are seen here as reflecting a constant process of self-analysis in which the writer was engaged throughout his life and as expressing a specific attitude toward the world. A path towards self-destruction, that is, Pavese’s path, in which literary activity is interwoven with a reflection on identity.Downloads
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Naveros M. (2012). Life and things (Suicide and identity). Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, Extra, 283-292. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFIT.2011.37516
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