L'argomento da cui tutto è partito è
vasto e non può essere liquidato in poche battute (in una tesi che
doveva essere di 50 pagine -ed diventata di 150- ne ho solo scalfito la
superficie).
Pertanto, lo esplorerò a puntate e senza toccare il tema stilistico della lingua e della metrica...
Comincio subito.
(Non temete...prima o poi arriverò a parlare di cinema, moda, fumetti... un passo alla volta)
Pertanto, lo esplorerò a puntate e senza toccare il tema stilistico della lingua e della metrica...
Comincio subito.
(Non temete...prima o poi arriverò a parlare di cinema, moda, fumetti... un passo alla volta)
Dunque, tralasciando la schiera di poeti dello
stilnovo che hanno codificato questo particolare rapporto
donna/musa-uomo/poeta, comincio con un breve excursus su quelli che
furono gli effetti immediati di questa novità.
Partiamo dalle storiche “Tre Corone” della letteratura italiana.
The argument from which it all began is vast and can not be dismissed in a few words (in the thesis -that was to be about 50 pages and become 150- I've only scratched the surface, so...).
Therefore, I will explore in several posts and without touching the style of language and metric ...
So I begin immediately.
(Do not worry ... sooner or later I get to talk about movies, fashion, comics ... step by step)
So, leaving all the poets of the stilnovo that had codified this particular relationship woman / man-muse / poet, I start with a brief overview of what were the immediate effects of this news in literature. I'll move from the historic “Three Crowns” of Italian literature.
The argument from which it all began is vast and can not be dismissed in a few words (in the thesis -that was to be about 50 pages and become 150- I've only scratched the surface, so...).
Therefore, I will explore in several posts and without touching the style of language and metric ...
So I begin immediately.
(Do not worry ... sooner or later I get to talk about movies, fashion, comics ... step by step)
So, leaving all the poets of the stilnovo that had codified this particular relationship woman / man-muse / poet, I start with a brief overview of what were the immediate effects of this news in literature. I'll move from the historic “Three Crowns” of Italian literature.
Le statue di Dante, Boccaccio e Petrarca nel loggiato degli Uffizi The statues of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio in the loggia of the Uffizi |
Dante – Boccaccio –
Petrarca.
ovvero
L'originale - La parodia -
Il sequel.
Dante - Boccaccio - Petrarch.
or
The original – The Parody - The sequel.
Dante e Beatrice sulle rive del Lete, dipinto di Cristobal Rojas, 1889.Dante and Beatrix on the bank of the river Lethe, painted by Cristobal Rojas, 1889. |
Tutti
li hanno almeno sentiti nominare (magari un Cino da
Pistoia non vi dice nulla...)
Dunque, consideriamo Dante (con
Beatrice) l'esempio primo di questo topos letterario.
Lui che ama, lui che si strugge, lui
che guarda un'altra per poter comodamente osservare lei.
Lei, donna del destino, donna sposata,
donna che sublima a messaggero tra l'uomo e Dio.
In età adulta, Dante scioglie i suoi dubbi sul rapporto amore-religione a favore di quest'ultima, condannando l'amore cortese come sentimento peccaminoso e pieno di insidie e la donna amata diventa allegoria della Teologia.
For sure, you have heard at least one of them (I will not talk about people like Cino da Pistoia. Important but maybe unknown for you...)
Firstly, we consider Dante (with Beatrice) as one of the first example of this literary topos.
He's the one who loves, who yearns, who looks at another girl to be able to easily observe the first one. She, the woman of the destiny, a married woman, a woman who sublimates as messenger between man and God.
In adulthood, Dante loosens his doubts about the relationship between love religion in favor of the second one, condemning the courtly love as a feeling sinful and full of pitfalls. The woman he loves becomes an allegory of Theology.
In età adulta, Dante scioglie i suoi dubbi sul rapporto amore-religione a favore di quest'ultima, condannando l'amore cortese come sentimento peccaminoso e pieno di insidie e la donna amata diventa allegoria della Teologia.
For sure, you have heard at least one of them (I will not talk about people like Cino da Pistoia. Important but maybe unknown for you...)
Firstly, we consider Dante (with Beatrice) as one of the first example of this literary topos.
He's the one who loves, who yearns, who looks at another girl to be able to easily observe the first one. She, the woman of the destiny, a married woman, a woman who sublimates as messenger between man and God.
In adulthood, Dante loosens his doubts about the relationship between love religion in favor of the second one, condemning the courtly love as a feeling sinful and full of pitfalls. The woman he loves becomes an allegory of Theology.
Poi c'è Boccaccio. Che smonta tutto
questo romanticismo zuccheroso e masochistico. Riporta a una realtà
un po' esagerata. E tutto, nella sua opera, diventa segno di una
rivoluzione culturale contro l'ipocrisia delle istituzioni (ricordate
Ser Ciappelletto?)
La donna prende l'iniziativa, è
audace, la donna è terrena e nuda.
Una cosa su Boccaccio: al di là del
percorso scelto (e modificato nel tempo, come fecero anche gli altri
due poeti), egli si riconosceva debitore nei confronti
dell'Alighieri, tanto che si dedicò alla diffusione della conoscenza
delle sue opere: le ricopiò e le commentò personalmente,
dedicandogli, poi, la prima biografia.
Then there is Boccaccio. He debunks all this sugary romanticism and masochistic. Back to a bit exaggerated reality. And all, in his works, becomes a sign of a cultural revolution against the hypocrisy of the institutions (do you remember the novel about Sir Ciappelletto?)
The woman takes the initiative, she is bold, earthly and naked.
One thing about Boccaccio. Beyond the path chosen (and changed over time, as did the other two poets), he acknowledged to be indebted of Alighieri, so much that he devoted himself to spreading the knowledge of Dante's works: the recopied personally and commented, then dedicating, the first biography.
Then there is Boccaccio. He debunks all this sugary romanticism and masochistic. Back to a bit exaggerated reality. And all, in his works, becomes a sign of a cultural revolution against the hypocrisy of the institutions (do you remember the novel about Sir Ciappelletto?)
The woman takes the initiative, she is bold, earthly and naked.
One thing about Boccaccio. Beyond the path chosen (and changed over time, as did the other two poets), he acknowledged to be indebted of Alighieri, so much that he devoted himself to spreading the knowledge of Dante's works: the recopied personally and commented, then dedicating, the first biography.
Infine, Petrarca, sulla scia del
rinnegamento del Dante adulto (già nella Vita Nuova ci
sono le premesse, approfondite nella Commedia, del misticismo
e simbolismo connessi alla contraddizione amore-religione) incalza con il classico Eros e Thanatos: Amore e
Morte.. un Leopardi ante-litteram... (ops...spoiler).
I personaggi (tali sono sia il poeta
sia la donna) sono complessi, contraddittori e conflittuali.
Amore come Peccato: non più dono
salvifico ma dannazione.
Una dualità, questa, che tornerà spesso, d'ora in poi.
Finally, Petrarch, in the way to deny the adult Dante (already in the Vita Nuova -New Life- there are the premises, yet examinated in-depth in the Comedy, of the mysticism and symbolism connected to the contradiction love-religion), is pressing with the classic theme of Eros-Thanatos: Love and Death .. a Leopardi before his time ... (spoiler ops...).
The characters (these are both the poet and the woman) are complex, contradictory and conflicting.
Love as Sin: no more gift of salvation but damnation.
This is a duality that would often come back from now on.
----> puoi continuare la lettura con Cosa resterà...?
----> you can continue with What will remain...?
Una dualità, questa, che tornerà spesso, d'ora in poi.
Finally, Petrarch, in the way to deny the adult Dante (already in the Vita Nuova -New Life- there are the premises, yet examinated in-depth in the Comedy, of the mysticism and symbolism connected to the contradiction love-religion), is pressing with the classic theme of Eros-Thanatos: Love and Death .. a Leopardi before his time ... (spoiler ops...).
The characters (these are both the poet and the woman) are complex, contradictory and conflicting.
Love as Sin: no more gift of salvation but damnation.
This is a duality that would often come back from now on.
----> puoi continuare la lettura con Cosa resterà...?
----> you can continue with What will remain...?
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