Abstract
This article analyses epic elements that are traceable in Wu Ming’s 54 (2002). It aims to clarify what is meant by modern epic and to tease out the distinction between epic genre and epic mode. As part of this analysis, the article focuses on one component of the epic, the re-use, in a new story, of a hero from a different tale. In the case of 54, the hero is taken from a work by Beppe Fenoglio. The subsequent discussion of the intertextual relations between Wu Ming and Fenoglio emphasizes the importance of Fenoglio as an established literary model for the contemporary writer in terms of both the representation of the past and dialogue with the epic mode.
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