L?agnese va a morire di Renata Vigan?: la metamorfosi ideologica del personaggio

The emilian writer Renata Vigan? narrates her own Resistance throught the eyes of Agnese, the undisputed protagonist of the eponymous work L?Agnese va a morire (1949). Throughout the novel, set in the valleys of Comacchio, we witness a complete evolution of the character: initially seen as a simple illiterate laundress, detached from politics and social issues, in the second part she arrives at a new reality that, despite being dominated by the danger and uncertainty of war, will lead her to develop a new awareness, transforming her intro a conscious heroine and symbol of the Italian partisan war.