L'Oikeiosis degli Stoici: Una lettura evolutiva

La ‘dottrina stoica dell’oikeiosis’ viene comunemente rappresentata come una teoria unitaria – una dottrina, appunto – che farebbe derivare l’oikeiosis sociale (in latino, communis hominum inter homines commendatio) da quella riflessiva o personale. Tale derivazione solleva però numerosi interrogativi e sarà fatta oggetto di una valutazione critica nella seconda parte del presente lavoro (corrisponde ai capitoli secondo e terzo). Nel primo capitolo, in mancanza di una definizione concettuale di oikeiosis, cercheremo di stabilire il significato dell’espressione complessa oikeiosis pros heautó. Si noti che il termine ‘oikeiosis’ non è un neologismo stoico; gli Stoici, però, nell’adottarlo come termine tecnico, ne modificano la sintassi e quindi il significato. Per apprezzare la portata di tale cambiamento è necessario procedere a un esame preliminare delle occorrenze non filosofiche più significative, sia del nome ‘oikeiosis’ sia della forma verbale corrispondente.

La figure de Méduse. Réécritures ovidiennes entre XVIe et XVIIe siècle

Starting from an original assumption that Ovid is one of the most influential and studied European mythographers from ancient times till at least the end of the XVII century, my research is about rediscovering Medusa's myth which has been brought to us from Metamorphosis during the period of time between the mid XVI and the last years of the XVII century. The main thread that leads the research trough English, French, Spanish and Italian Literatures gets particularly clarified in the crucial crux that binds the image of Gorgon, the protector of hight mysteries, tightly correlated to the goddess of knowledge, Minerva, and the attraction/dismay for knowing so far considered inaccessible but now perceived as possible (so more attractive than before) thanks to the scientific and geographic discoveries of the Renaissance.

La "barbarie glorieuse" pendant la Renaissance européenne

The thesis deals with the notion of "barbarian/barbarism" from Greek and Roman antiquity to the European Renaissance history and theatre. From a methodological point of view, though the notion of "barbarian" is analysed from an interdisciplinary perspective, the hermeneutic approach of the history of ideas and New Historicism are privileged. The main idea of the thesis is that during the XVIth century in Europe the interpretation of barbarism as a historical and cultural event has shifted from a negative position to a more positive one. The idea of “glorious barbarism” tries to explain such a change in European thought. The thesis is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter the notion of barbarism is analysed from Greek and Roman antiquity to the Renaissance. The second chapter deals with the development of cartography during the XVIth century in Europe and its relation to the redefinition of Europe’s borders. This chapter also deals with the study of some European political treatises developing a reflection on the barbaric past of Europe. The third chapter deals with the analysis of European XVIth century theatre and its relation to the representation of barbarism, with particular attention to Italian, English and Spanish plays staging a conflict between civilization and barbarism. Finally, the forth chapter deals with the analysis of the myth of Amazons during the XVIth century both in the arts and in literature. The Amazons are interpreted as the female translation of the figure of the barbarian. This cultural, artistic and political process emerges particularly in representation of female characters in European XVIth century theatre.

Il Libro del naufragio. Edizione e commento

Edizione e commento della raccolta di miracoli mariani denominata "Libro del Naufragio" secondo la lezione del ms Firenez, Laurenziana, Ashburham 546