Starting from the critics’ observations about the structure of Microcosmi, the essay focuses on the key role played by the love story between the protagonist-narrator and his wife Marisa, a sort of rewriting of Orpheus and Eurydice’s myth. Convergences and variations between the classic vulgate of the myth and the pseudo-rewriting of Microcosmi are highlighted. The essay also focuses on the Indian myth of Savitri and Sátiavan, to understand the source of the many substantial variations and, in particular, the reversal of roles between male and female characters. This myth turns out to be a privileged source for the rewritings of the Orpheus’ myth that are offered by Magris in his Microcosmi.
University of Florence, Italy
Chapter Title
La rielaborazione dei mitemi orfici in Microcosmi. Tra vulgata classica e favola indiana
Authors
Andrea Fallani
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-338-3.27
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Publication Year
2021
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Book Title
Firenze per Claudio Magris
Editors
Ernestina Pellegrini, Federico Fastelli, Diego Salvadori
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-338-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-338-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-339-0
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
Series E-ISSN
2420-8361