Fairytales A World between the Imaginary Metaphor at Play in Lo cunto de li cunti by Giambattista Basile 1st Edition by Carmela Bernadetta Scala ISBN 1443862053 978-1443862059
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ISBN 10: 1443862053
ISBN 13: 978-1443862059
Author: Carmela Bernadetta Scala
This book investigates Basile’s contribution to the establishment of fairytales as a literary genre; the focus is on his masterpiece Lo cunto de li Cunti. The volume examines Basile’s work’s debt to tradition and its influence on posterity, while also studying the author’s unique use of metaphors in the rich Neapolitan dialect. As this study reveals, metaphors in Lo cunto de li cunti are not used simply as a mean of embellishment; rather they are employed as a way to inform the reader of the rich folkloric tradition of Naples during the baroque times, as well as of Basile’s discontent with the socio-political situation of his times. The use of metaphors is so pervasive that one could argue that the book is itself a metaphor through which Basile conveys his ideals and his utopia of a liberated Naples and a more just society; as well as the importance of the Neapolitan dialect and its linguistic registers. Furthermore, the book also proposes a new interpretation of the female characters of the tales and it instigates a discussion on gender roles in both modern and past societies.
Table of contents:
Introduction: A Historical Overview of Storytelling 1
Chapter 1 Lo cunto de li cunti between Tradition and Innovation 7
Chapter 2 The Baroque Metaphor and the Metaphor in Basile (as it applies to certain characters) 41
Chapter 3 The Androgynous in Basile’s cunti 95
Chapter 4 Fairytales In and Out of Time 133
Appendix 171
Endnotes 177
Images 201
Bibliography 207
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