Revue semestrielle de linguistique et littératures romanes

Écho des études romanes 2012, 8(2):47-55 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2012.025

La memoria alla barocca ne L’isola del giorno prima di Umberto EcoItalian

Agnieszka PIWOWARSKA
Università Adam Mickiewicz di Poznañ

Parole-chiave: Umberto Eco; L’isola del giorno prima; memoria; passato; metafora; lingua barocca

Baroque memory in Umberto Eco's The Island of the Day Before

In his third novel The Island of the Day Before (L'isola del giorno prima) Umberto Eco narrates a story of an unusual castaway named Roberto who - instead of being on a desert island - finishes up on an abandoned (but only at first sight) ship. The article aims to analyze how the book's main character, during his loneliness, reminisces about events from his past. And because the novel is set in the Baroque, Roberto's memories respect the spirit of that time : numerous flashbacks are evoked by unexpected metaphors that link very distant things. The ship, which is for a young man a cumbersome prison, becomes a real Theatre of Memory, according to Giulio Camillo's idea.

Keywords: Umberto Eco; The Island of the Day Before; memory; past; metaphor; baroque language

Published: December 11, 2012  Show citation

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PIWOWARSKA, A. (2012). La memoria alla barocca ne L’isola del giorno prima di Umberto Eco. Écho des études romanes, 8(2), 47-55. doi: 10.32725/eer.2012.025
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