From the Geographical Dimension to the Ecological Perspectivein Pasolini’s Literature and Film

The environmental aspects in Pasolini’s work go far beyond Pasolini’s famous L’articolo delle lucciole (Firefly Article) (1975). These aspects take shape, above all, in his interest in the transformation of the space, that is of the Italian environment controlled by a new, permissive fascism, a power without a face that is the worst kind of totalitarianism. The poet and writer focuses on the period of the so-called economic boom, which hit Italy after World War II. This article examines the potential contributions of Pasolini's intellectual agenda to contemporary ecocritical thought, built on the analysis of Pasolini’s selected works between literary writing and writing for the cinema. The objectives of this contribution include the possibility of a new reading of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s poetry, literature, and cinema under an ecocritical light, which presupposes an evaluation of his work that takes into account the relationship which the author determines between the individual of his own time and the surrounding environment, redefining the balance between literature and landscape.