The relationship of the individual and the regime in the novel conformist written by A. Moravia and the film adaptation of B. Bertolucci Cover Image

Odnos pojedinca i režima u romanu Konformista A. Moravije i filmskoj adaptaciji B. Bertolučija
The relationship of the individual and the regime in the novel conformist written by A. Moravia and the film adaptation of B. Bertolucci

Author(s): Miloš Arsić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Centar za alternativno društveno i kulturno delovanje
Keywords: The Conformist; freedom; adaptation;Bertolucci;Moravia;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an overview of a literary and cinematographic approach to the problem of relations between an individual and a regime in totalitarian and free societies at the example of The Conformist, the novel by Alberto Moravia and the movie of the same name by Bernardo Bertolucci. The focus is on the descriptions of the fascist regime in Italy and the free world of Paris directly opposed to it. The Conformist is a story of confrontation between the normal and the abnormal, truths and lies, freedom and servitude. One of the ways to illustrate this confrontation is by comparing and contrasting the motifs in the movie and the novel: Rome and Paris, Clericis and Quadris.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 115-126
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian