Pier Paolo Pasolini and The Necessity Of Mythic Narrative, as an Aesthetic Concern: A Phenomenological Approach

Authors : Ioannıs Mitsou

Pages : 145-156

Doi:10.31122/sinefilozofi.1571952

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Publication Date : 2025-12-24

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In Pier Paolo Pasolini’s various written and filmic works of fiction, the notion of myth is often, and unmistakably, characterized by its absence and expressed visually as something that the various heroes need urgently. The fear for the loss of myth is carefully linked with a passionate desire to live authentically, a desire that echoes both existential and Freudian contexts; reality, as a starting point, is never forgotten. Mythic reality is explored in its various connotations throughout Pasolini’s oeuvre. The main theoretical points of reference are existentialism and phenomenology but mythic reality, a constant motif in all the films the paper examines is not only explored thematically but also aesthetically. Myth is approached through the flesh (Accatone) the erotic (A thousand and One nights), through fears of loss (Medea) and psychoanalytic journeys to early childhood (Edipo Re). Pasolini’s films do not attempt to consciously aestheticize reality, through poetry. On the contrary, they seek the poetic as a force that already lies there, interlinked with the realm of everyday life.
Keywords : Fenomenoloji, Varoluşçuluk, Efsane, Pasolini

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