Furio Jesi e Cesare Pavese. Dalla teoria del mito alla teoria della creazione letteraria

Abstract

This paper analyzes the theoretical path leading Cesare Pavese, between the Thirties and the Forties, to the creation of his own mythological machine, that is to say the device of his literary poiesis. The analysis bases itself on Furio Jesi as a critic, but also and above all as a mythologist, whose studies turn out particularly useful to clarify some complexities of Pavese’s theory of literary creation.

Keywords

• myth
• mythological machine
• symbol
• image
• memory