I rumori di fondo: alterità e forme di conoscenza da Il poema dei lunatici a La voce della luna

Abstract

OTHERNESS AND FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE FROM IL POEMA DEI LUNATICI TO LA VOCE DELLA LUNA

The study suggests an analysis of the transfer from the novel of Ermanno Cavazzoni, Il poema dei lunatici, into the Federico Fellini’s last film, La voce della luna, and shows how the film receives and develops the narrative pathways of the book. Particularly, the essay focuses on the topics of knowledge processes and cultural otherness of characters to remark, considering Fellini’s way of dealing with adaptation, how the rewriting practice interprets and deepens the basic themes of novel.