ITAL 112 Lecture 12: Garden of Finzi-Contini
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The conformist < > the leopard similar results through different aesthetic means: adaptation: transformative, critique of neorealistic politics of memory: c-irony, self-critical form of historical consciousness. Jewish family (ferrara) = first jewish ghetto". Partially auto biographical/story of jewish family in ferrara 1938-1945. Response to racism/conquest of ethiopia and social engineering and scapegoat" for perceived backwardness. Manifesto of the race (7/1938)- racial laws (11/1938) = 1939 expropriation vs not a request by hitler, no protest by non-jewish italians 1943 deportations vs, no vati- can opposition/condemnation. 5/29/16 vs late deportation of anti-nazi sentiments = 71% of italian jews died in the camps post war myth of italiano supported by returned. Garden is metaphor for a locked memory. It"s a concentration camp before it becomes a concentration camp. Garden of mentality - can avoid any confrontation of reality. Micol is the only one who can force the future.
