Tracce di sangue nella “poetica della monotonia” di Cesare Pavese

Abstract

Although the relevance of repetition and monotony in Cesare Pavese’s proses is well known, the complexity of their semantic system remains underestimated. In this work, the author will propose a new interpretative category able to clarify stylistic choices of the writer, according to the guidelines indicated by Pavese himself: unity and unicity. On the theoretical basis of this “poetic of monotony” the author aims to analyse occurrences of blood in all Pavese’s works, related to concepts of sacrifice and savage. They are crystallized in myths of origin, passion, death, charity and under this very large symbolic system it is possible to perceive Pavese’s obsessions, his way to relate with time and the woman. This thematic analysis of blood will allow the author to establish the importance of monotonic repetition and how it contributes to build the complex architecture of Pavese’s poetic universe.