The essay aims to retrace the image of childhood violated by dictatorships. It does this by working on a historical-literary-cinematographic vector filtered by a pedagogical lens that, in the sense of a pedagogy of history and narration, intends to assume the educational “precipitate” of tragic events (Gennari, 2016) to return indelible teachings. Two different and similar books – The pianist of Wladyslaw Szpilman and Maus by Art Spiegelman – are united by a terrible image; by a tragic testimony: children killed by Nazi soldiers only because they were surprised in the street, because part of a “human subset” to be eliminated with unprecedented brutality. The two authors report, through narrations entrusted to written page and illustration, the chilling practice of the suppression of small children against the walls; slammed violently to stifle tears and laments; almost macabre game; perverse gear of a wider, mechanical and terrible genocide.
Il saggio si propone di ripercorrere l’immagine dell’infanzia violata dalle dittature. Lo fa lavorando su un vettore storico-letterariocinematografico filtrato da una lente pedagogica che, nel senso di una pedagogia della storia e della narrazione, intende assumere il “precipitato” educativo degli eventi tragici (Gennari, 2016) per restituire insegnamenti indelebili. Due libri diversi e prossimi al contempo – Il pianista di W. Szpilman e Maus di A. Spiegelman – vengono accomunati da un’immagine terribile; da una tragica testimonianza: bambini uccisi da soldati nazisti solo perché sorpresi in strada, perché parte di un “sottoinsieme umano” da eliminare con inaudita brutalità. I due autori riportano, mediante narrazioni affidate a pagine scritte e illustrazioni, l’agghiacciante pratica della soppressione dei bambini piccoli contro i muri; sbattuti con violenza per soffocarne pianti e lamenti; quasi macabro gioco; ingranaggio perverso di un più ampio, meccanico e terribile genocidio.
BAMBINI CONTRO I MURI. L’INFANZIA INFRANTA DELLA SHOAH TRA ROMANZO, CINEMA E GRAPHIC NOVEL
Leonardo Acone
2024-01-01
Abstract
The essay aims to retrace the image of childhood violated by dictatorships. It does this by working on a historical-literary-cinematographic vector filtered by a pedagogical lens that, in the sense of a pedagogy of history and narration, intends to assume the educational “precipitate” of tragic events (Gennari, 2016) to return indelible teachings. Two different and similar books – The pianist of Wladyslaw Szpilman and Maus by Art Spiegelman – are united by a terrible image; by a tragic testimony: children killed by Nazi soldiers only because they were surprised in the street, because part of a “human subset” to be eliminated with unprecedented brutality. The two authors report, through narrations entrusted to written page and illustration, the chilling practice of the suppression of small children against the walls; slammed violently to stifle tears and laments; almost macabre game; perverse gear of a wider, mechanical and terrible genocide.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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