The conference will explore the new digital critical edition of Ur Partigiano Johnny, with two half-day sessions of talks and discussions dedicated to research and the rediscovery of Fenoglio’s work.

The project involves the University of Turin and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris-Saclay, as part of the collaborations of the Italo-French University.

The initiative, supported by the Fondazione Banca d’Alba and under the patronage of the City of Alba, is part of the City of Alba’s ’23 Days’ celebrations, organized by the City Administration and the Department of Culture.

Program

Chairing the session will be Valter Boggione, with speakers starting at 9:30 AM:

• Giovanni Barberi Squarotti (University of Turin), Il boogie-woogie, “a tirteian aphrodisiac”. Literary idealization put to the test of arms (and mass culture)
• Alessandro Martini (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), “Minutiæ of deeds and passions”: Whitman hypotheses in Ur Partigiano Johnny.
• Valentina Vetri (Uppsala Universitet), The ladder and the handmaid. Fenoglio’s English from Ur Partigiano Johnny to the translations
• Gioele Cristofari (University of Insubria), The reception of Ur Partigiano Johnny
• Laura Antonietti (UVSQ – Université Paris-Saclay), Building Fenoglio: the Corti edition and Einaudi’s editorial strategies
• Giovanni Pietro Vitali (UVSQ – Université Paris-Saclay), From the digital edition of Ur Partigiano Johnny to future possibilities for “telling” Fenoglio

The scientific and organizing committee is made up of Giovanni Barberi Squarotti, Valter Boggione, Gioele Cristofari, and Bianca Roagna.