ARTICOLI / 2 / Alberto M. Sobrero /
Names and nicknames of the characters in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s work have a more important role than is generally believed. The essay briefly examines the choice of names in three steps of Pasolini’s work: in the stories of 1950, ‘the desperate year’; in his two novels; and in Petrolio. In all cases, Pasolini seems to anticipate the reflections of distinguished scholars of anthropology, such as Claude Lévi-Strauss and Michel de Certeau.
