novel "La casa in collina"
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"La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| novel "La casa in collina" canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Cesare Pavese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
engagement versus withdrawal
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individual conscience versus historical events ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
distance from conflict
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hills as refuge ⓘ return to the city ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
existential novel
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postwar novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| hasMainSettingType |
rural hills
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urban city ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | responsibility of the individual in times of war ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La casa in collina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Italian Resistance
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of Italian postwar fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
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realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Corrado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | teacher ⓘ |
| publisher | Einaudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Dialoghi con Leucò
NERFINISHED
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Il compagno NERFINISHED ⓘ La luna e i falò NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Turin
NERFINISHED
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hills around Turin ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
cowardice
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existential anxiety ⓘ guilt ⓘ loneliness ⓘ memory ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political disengagement ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ violence of war ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | final years of World War II in Italy ⓘ |
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