The Ideological Metamorphosis of the Character in Renata Vigano’s L’Agnese va a morire

[EN]The emilian writer Renata Viganò narrates her own Resistance throught the eyes of Agnese, the undisputed protagonist of the eponymous work L’Agnese va a morire (1949). Throughout the novel, set in the valleys of Comacchio, we witness a complete evolution of the character: initially seen as a sim...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Leone, Clarissa Maria
Format: article
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/167096
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/167096
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Renata Viganò
L’Agnese va a morire
Resistance
partisan war
20th century
Resistenza
lotta partigiana
xx secolo
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Summary:[EN]The emilian writer Renata Viganò narrates her own Resistance throught the eyes of Agnese, the undisputed protagonist of the eponymous work L’Agnese va a morire (1949). Throughout the novel, set in the valleys of Comacchio, we witness a complete evolution of the character: initially seen as a simple illiterate laundress, detached from politics and social issues, in the second part she arrives at a new reality that, despite being dominated by the danger and uncertainty of war, will lead her to develop a new awareness, transforming her intro a conscious heroine and symbol of the Italian partisan war.