Rapporti di forza e desiderio mimetico alle origini della storia

La novella di Gige e Candaule (Erodoto, Boccaccio, Moravia)

Autori

  • Chiara Lombardi Università di Torino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/2281-6658/639

Parole chiave:

History and Narrative, Mimetic Desire, Balance and relations of Power, Herodotus, Boccaccio, Alatiel, Moravia

Abstract

The essay reads Herodotus’ tale of Gyges and Candaule as a fundamental archetype of human behavior set at the origins of History. By dramatizing the “mimetic desire” (Girard) within “relations of power” (Ginzburg), the narration represents History in its universality, through the lens of literary characters, symbols and plots. Among the rewritings of the tale, Boccaccio’s Dec., II 7 and Moravia’s novel La donna leopardo show the strength and the flexibility of the archetype in suiting different historical and cultural contexts.

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Pubblicato

2021-06-27

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Percorsi | Myths and Diachrony