Le parole della realtà pasoliniana

This essay reflects on the relationship between reality and words in Pasolini's work, starting from a reflection by Tullio De Mauro who, speaking of the various idiomatic realities of Pasolini, emphasized how for the poet corsair they were «in senso biografico e proprio, altrettante [….] «forme di vita»» (De Mauro 1978, p. 250). We will look at the words of the dialect, strongly iconic, "natural metaphors": they establish a connection between sounds and representations so that man declines the surrounding reality and, at the same time, distances himself from it. The words of the dialect, strongly evocative, are, for Pasolini, the means to investigate reality, but also to shape and transfigure it. The word of the Italian, on the other hand, that of the essayist, the journalist describes reality and adheres to it. A glance is also directed at the recited word, that of the Teatro di Parola adhering to social reality it represents.