This essay investigates the contribution of Auerbach's stylcritic to the elaboration of Pasolini's critical method. The paper focuses on three notions derived from Auerbach: mimesis, integrazione figurale (figural integration), adempimento (fulfillement); all concepts that aim to develop an idea of realism. So, Auerbach's contribution appears to be closely connected with that of Spitzer, although it is also, in Pasolini’s works, in partial contrast.
