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«L'esequie della luna»: i nomi del «balletto verbale» di Lucio Piccolo

2017

This study focuses on the importance and the particular use of names in «L'esequie della luna» by Lucio Piccolo, published for the first time in «Nuovi Argomenti», n. 7/8, in 1967. The purpose of this research is to reflect, from names, on the meaning of Piccolo's work and to identify some literary references to other works. The study aims to show the importance, for the interpretation of the text, of the presence of nomi parlanti, such as: «Dona Sospiro», «Alfesibeo», «Pasqua», but also the particular meaning of the absence of some names (some characters are often appointed only with a title, written with the capital letter, such as: «Viceré», «Villano»).

Volucres loquentes, volucres doctae. A proposito di Ovidio, Met. 2, 531-632

2017

The raven’s black plumage has a story behind it, which Ovid, following the Callimachean Hecale, retells in met. 2, 531-632 weaving it with the crow’s vicissitudes, initially Athena’s/Minerva’s loyal servant. The combination of the respective ornithological denominations and the names of the mythical characters recalled by the two volucres loquentes reveals all the erudition showed off by the poet in writing this literary piece. Following the pattern of the talking birds, Ovid endows both the raven and the crow with human language. The latter tries to exhort the former not to tell Apollo the truth about Coronis’ infidelity. By doing so, the raven would avoid paying the penalty for being loya…

I Parlanti e le loro storie. Competenze linguistiche, strategie comunicative e livelli di analisi

2009