The Paraphrase of an Imaginary Dialogue

This study argues the imaginary dialogue in Pasolini's "La Divina Mimesis" (1963-65), between two historical versions of the author and on the ground of Dante's "Comedy," is a typical and recurrent structure in the work. From the civic poetry of the 1950's and 1960's, to the plays "Calderon" and "Pilade," to the pastiches of "Trasumanar e organizzar," the poet's recourse to various forms of polyphonic discourse and address, like his protean play with genres and myths and his polemical attack on the -institutions-, aids in his continuous paraphrase of the compelling issues of his day."