Two Women (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alberto Moravia
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1943-1944
- Setting: Sant’Eufemia, Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism
- Subjects: Suffering, 1940’s, World War II, Villages, Rape, War, Italy or Italians, Refugees, Fascism, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Sant’Eufemia, Italy
Characters Discussed
Cesira (cheh-ZEE-rah), the narrator. Readers learn about her not only from her direct descriptions of herself but also from all she has to say about others. Her ability to articulate her feelings and her impressions of landscape and characters are remarkable; critics have objected that the author blurs the line between what a woman of little formal education would be capable of and his own intensely literary and intellectual powers. The times when the author takes Cesira out of character with an inappropriate figure of comparison or piece of knowledge are...
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