The article aims to analyze, through the tools of semiotics, the act of misbehavior performed by Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, the protagonist of Il barone rampante by Italo Calvino (1957), and to explore how his decision to live in the trees is transformed into an educational, ethical, and aesthetic project. The rebellion against family and society, which gradually evolves into a path of free and critical self-formation, leads the protagonist to a metamorphosis and to the creation of unprecedented cultural and social codes, as well as to the establishment of new values. At the same time, the passions that drive the baron will be examined, accompanying him from the initial act of rebellion to his death. The analysis of a figure who is at once rebellious and aristocratic, intellectual and political, seeks to demonstrate how misbehavior can become a critical and creative tool for understanding the world – first by distancing oneself from it, and then by returning to it with renewed love.
ll contributo propone di analizzare, attraverso gli strumenti della semiotica, l’atto di disobbedienza messo in atto da Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, protagonista de Il barone rampante di Italo Calvino (1957), e di indagare il modo in cui la sua decisione di vivere sugli alberi si trasformi in un progetto educativo, etico ed estetico. La ribellione nei confronti della famiglia e della società, che progressivamente evolve in un percorso di autoformazione libera e critica, conduce il protagonista ad una metamorfosi e alla creazione di codici culturali e sociali inediti, nonché all’istituzione di nuovi valori. Parallelamente, verranno esaminate le passioni che animano il barone, accompagnandolo dall’atto iniziale di ribellione fino alla morte. L’analisi di una figura al contempo ribelle e aristocratica, intellettuale e politica, intende dimostrare come la disobbedienza possa configurarsi come uno strumento critico e creativo di comprensione del mondo: dapprima attraverso il distanziamento da esso, in seguito mediante un ritorno ad esso segnato da un rinnovato sentimento di adesione e di amore.
Lorusso, L. (2026). Il ribelle gesto de Il barone rampante. E/C, 44, 81-93.
Il ribelle gesto de Il barone rampante
Lucia Lorusso
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2026-01-01
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The article aims to analyze, through the tools of semiotics, the act of misbehavior performed by Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, the protagonist of Il barone rampante by Italo Calvino (1957), and to explore how his decision to live in the trees is transformed into an educational, ethical, and aesthetic project. The rebellion against family and society, which gradually evolves into a path of free and critical self-formation, leads the protagonist to a metamorphosis and to the creation of unprecedented cultural and social codes, as well as to the establishment of new values. At the same time, the passions that drive the baron will be examined, accompanying him from the initial act of rebellion to his death. The analysis of a figure who is at once rebellious and aristocratic, intellectual and political, seeks to demonstrate how misbehavior can become a critical and creative tool for understanding the world – first by distancing oneself from it, and then by returning to it with renewed love.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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