Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections»
This essay observes, in the light of dramatic paradigms, the use of the symbolic imagery of infection/contamination in relation to the ‘phraseology’ and theorising of catharsis (purgation, purification), employed and especially elaborated by the complicated experience of classic and classicistic tra...
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| description | This essay observes, in the light of dramatic paradigms, the use of the symbolic imagery of infection/contamination in relation to the ‘phraseology’ and theorising of catharsis (purgation, purification), employed and especially elaborated by the complicated experience of classic and classicistic tragedies, all the while multifocally taking into account a rich – vast as well as important – critical tradition, including but not limited to the literary field. The essay follows the construction of such imagery from its creation (with the ancient Greek civilization) to its modern developing (during the Enlightenment), at both conceptual and linguistical levels, first of all paying attention to ‘broad-spectrum’ cultural-historical and textual perspectives (anthropology, medicine, law, rhetoric...), in addition to – and beyond – the literary-dramaturgical point of view. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c58acb1f49ee464984528419b88cf0582022-12-21T17:34:02ZengUniversity of BolognaDNA Di Nulla Academia2724-51792020-12-01119714110.6092/issn.2724-5179/1208410389Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections»Elisabetta Selmi0Università degli Studi di PadovaThis essay observes, in the light of dramatic paradigms, the use of the symbolic imagery of infection/contamination in relation to the ‘phraseology’ and theorising of catharsis (purgation, purification), employed and especially elaborated by the complicated experience of classic and classicistic tragedies, all the while multifocally taking into account a rich – vast as well as important – critical tradition, including but not limited to the literary field. The essay follows the construction of such imagery from its creation (with the ancient Greek civilization) to its modern developing (during the Enlightenment), at both conceptual and linguistical levels, first of all paying attention to ‘broad-spectrum’ cultural-historical and textual perspectives (anthropology, medicine, law, rhetoric...), in addition to – and beyond – the literary-dramaturgical point of view.https://dnacamporesi.unibo.it/article/view/12084dramaturgycatharsiscontaminationancient greekitalian modern literaturetragedyanthropology |
| spellingShingle | Elisabetta Selmi Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections» DNA Di Nulla Academia dramaturgy catharsis contamination ancient greek italian modern literature tragedy anthropology |
| title | Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections» |
| title_full | Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections» |
| title_fullStr | Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections» |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections» |
| title_short | Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections» |
| title_sort | infection and catharsis from consanguineous infections to emotive infections |
| topic | dramaturgy catharsis contamination ancient greek italian modern literature tragedy anthropology |
| url | https://dnacamporesi.unibo.it/article/view/12084 |
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