The grant is intended to investigate the effects of the plot between photography, psychiatry and literary invention in the collection Le Appassionate of Luigi Capuana. in which emerge the writer’s interest against the psychiatric science and mystery of the human mind. Place in the cultural context of Darwin’s century, the stories in question testify to the spread in Italy the latest medical theories on hysteria, magnetism, and somnambulism and effects on narrative techniques. Le Appassionate, portrayed with the analytical precision of a scientist and an amateur photographer, helping to build the paradigm of the hysterical woman in the late nineteenth century.
Il contributo intende indagare gli effetti dell’intreccio tra fotografia, psichiatria e invenzione letteraria nella raccolta Le Appassionate di Luigi Capuana. nella quale emergono gli interessi dello scrittore nei confronti della scienza psichiatrica e del mistero della mente umana. Inserite nel contesto culturale del secolo di Darwin, le novelle in esame testimoniano la diffusione in Italia delle più moderne teorie mediche sull’isteria, il magnetismo e il sonnambulismo e gli effetti sulle tecniche narrative. Le Appassionate, ritratte con la precisione analitica dello scienziato dimezzato e lo sguardo del fotografo dilettante, contribuiscono a costruire il paradigma della donna isterica nel secondo Ottocento.
Carta, A. (2015). "Le Appassionate" in camera oscura. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE VERGA, 8(VIII), 111-122.
"Le Appassionate" in camera oscura
CARTA, Ambra
2015-01-01
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The grant is intended to investigate the effects of the plot between photography, psychiatry and literary invention in the collection Le Appassionate of Luigi Capuana. in which emerge the writer’s interest against the psychiatric science and mystery of the human mind. Place in the cultural context of Darwin’s century, the stories in question testify to the spread in Italy the latest medical theories on hysteria, magnetism, and somnambulism and effects on narrative techniques. Le Appassionate, portrayed with the analytical precision of a scientist and an amateur photographer, helping to build the paradigm of the hysterical woman in the late nineteenth century.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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