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The Moral Realism of Beppe Fenoglio's Appunti Partigiani
Seed, Ian
Seed, Ian
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2015-12-15
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Abstract: This essay conducts a reappraisal of Beppe Fenoglio’s Appunti partigiani,
a work which has been unjustly neglected. It discusses the relationship of
the Appunti to neorealist memorialistica and to Fenoglio’s later fiction such as Il
partigiano Johnny, in terms of attitudes to the Resistance, literary technique,
and the aesthetic of remaining true to experience without embellishment. The
essay demonstrates how Appunti partigiani raises profound moral questions in
its depiction of civil war, for example in the story of the execution of a spy, yet
without necessarily condemning the Resistance itself. Finally, the essay examines
the role of the narrator/protagonist “Beppe” in creating an intimate rapport with
the reader, so that we trust him as someone with moral integrity and live through
the experience of being a partisan with him. In conclusion, the essay argues that
Appunti partigiani offers one of the most revealing accounts of the Resistance.
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Seed, I. (2015). The Moral realism of Beppe Fenoglio's Appunti partigiani. Italica, 92(3), 680-690
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Italica
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00213020