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Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
The Writing of Pier Paolo Pasolini between
the Communist Party and the Catholic Church
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) developed in his writing an often
scandalous way of talking about and with the holders of power in
Italy, sometimes addressing them directly, making suggestions and
criticizing them. In the analyzed texts (articles from the newspa
per Corriere della Sera, poems A un Papa and Il PCI ai giovani!, es
says, prose, films La ricotta and Uccellacci e uccellini), Pasolini speaks
about the remains of fascism in Italian society, the inertia of the
Catholic Church, the inability of the Italian Communist Party to
come to power in Italy, and drugs and criminality without a face.
Writing about these phenomena in a provocative way, Pasolini re
mained very present in the society of his time and is still present
there today, having created even some metaphorical expressions
that describe social relations in Italy in the second half of the 20th
century: il Palazzo („the Palace of Power“), prima e dopo delle lucci-
ole („before and after the disappearance of fireflies“) etc.
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
The Writing of Pier Paolo Pasolini between
the Communist Party and the Catholic Church
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) developed in his writing an often
scandalous way of talking about and with the holders of power in
Italy, sometimes addressing them directly, making suggestions and
criticizing them. In the analyzed texts (articles from the newspa
per Corriere della Sera, poems A un Papa and Il PCI ai giovani!, es
says, prose, films La ricotta and Uccellacci e uccellini), Pasolini speaks
about the remains of fascism in Italian society, the inertia of the
Catholic Church, the inability of the Italian Communist Party to
come to power in Italy, and drugs and criminality without a face.
Writing about these phenomena in a provocative way, Pasolini re
mained very present in the society of his time and is still present
there today, having created even some metaphorical expressions
that describe social relations in Italy in the second half of the 20th
century: il Palazzo („the Palace of Power“), prima e dopo delle lucci-
ole („before and after the disappearance of fireflies“) etc.
