This paper addresses the question of poetic language as an instrument of knowledge in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus: can the poet, through his language, give sufficient reason both for the occurences of experience and, above all, for their emotional engrams in human mind? Let us consider Lavinia’s body as the ‘suffering human thing in itself’ – in this very sense, she is called, in fact, «map of woe» by her father, Titus, in III.2: can poetry ever make sense of the inevitable sorrowfulness of life? Is emotion poetically knowable? And if so, then how?

Parola al Nero: "and wilt thou have a reason for this coil?". Intorno a Titus Andronicus

Stella, Massimo
2017

Abstract

This paper addresses the question of poetic language as an instrument of knowledge in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus: can the poet, through his language, give sufficient reason both for the occurences of experience and, above all, for their emotional engrams in human mind? Let us consider Lavinia’s body as the ‘suffering human thing in itself’ – in this very sense, she is called, in fact, «map of woe» by her father, Titus, in III.2: can poetry ever make sense of the inevitable sorrowfulness of life? Is emotion poetically knowable? And if so, then how?
2017
Settore L-FIL-LET/14 - Critica Letteraria e Letterature Comparate
Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, lingua, linguaggio, corpo, Lavinia
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Titus-Stella Immagine riflessa 2017-1.pdf

Accesso chiuso

Tipologia: Published version
Licenza: Non pubblico
Dimensione 110.78 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
110.78 kB Adobe PDF   Richiedi una copia

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11384/68724
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact