Modelli letterari russo-sovietici del romanzo neorealista: Pavese, Calvino e Viganò (1938-1949)

This thesis is about the role of Soviet-Russian literature in translation as a model for the literary evolution of Neorealist novel. The first part analyzes the conflicting reception of Soviet-Russian culture and literature in pre-fascist and fascist Italy, trying to underline the alternative reception of Russian revolutionary culture and literature expressed by Gobetti, Ginzburg and Gramsci. The second part illustrates the suggestions of Soviet-Russian literature that can be found in the developing literary activity of Cesare Pavese and discusses in detail the role of some Soviet-Russian literary models (I. Goncharov’s Oblomov, A. Fadeev’s The Rout, M. Sholokhov’s Virgin Soil Upturned) for the composition of four of his most important novels: Il carcere, Paesi tuoi, Il compagno, La casa in collina. The third and the fourth part study the role of some Soviet-Russian literary models (L. Tolstoy’s War and Peace, M. Gorky’s Mother, A. Fadeev’s The Rout, M. Sholokhov’s Virgin Soil Upturned, N. Ostrovsky’s How the Steel Was Tempered, K. Simonov’s Days and Nights) for the composition of two Resistance novels: Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno by Italo Calvino and L’Agnese va a morire by Renata Viganò.