Psyche and law of participation: the metamorphoses of the demon in Dino Terra’s novel (1929-1938)

This paper aims to emphasize how Dino Terra takes hold of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl analysis about loi de participation into the narrative of his first novels between 1929 and 1938. Borrowed from Les faux-monnayeurs by André Gide, the demon in Ioni. Qualche tempo di due umani e d’un demone (1929) acts as a...

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Main Author: Bouchard, François
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Language:Italian
Published: Università degli Studi di Cagliari 2021
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https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/4264
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spelling ftunicagliariojs:oai:ojs.unica.it:article/4264 2023-05-15T15:17:51+02:00 Psyche and law of participation: the metamorphoses of the demon in Dino Terra’s novel (1929-1938) Psiche e legge di partecipazione: le metamorfosi del demone nel romanzo di Dino Terra (1929-1938) Bouchard, François 2021-05-30 application/pdf https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/4264 https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/4264 ita ita Università degli Studi di Cagliari https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/4264/4695 https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/4264 doi:10.13125/2039-6597/4264 urn:nbn:it:unica-27341 Copyright (c) 2021 françois bouchard http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Between; Vol 11 No 21 (2021): Forms and metamorphosis of 'non conscious' before and after Freud: 'scientific ideologies' and literary representations; 52-73 Between; V. 11 N. 21 (2021): Forme e metamorfosi del ‘non conscio’ prima e dopo Freud: ‘ideologie scientifiche’ e rappresentazioni letterarie; 52-73 2039-6597 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftunicagliariojs https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/4264 2021-06-22T22:18:36Z This paper aims to emphasize how Dino Terra takes hold of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl analysis about loi de participation into the narrative of his first novels between 1929 and 1938. Borrowed from Les faux-monnayeurs by André Gide, the demon in Ioni. Qualche tempo di due umani e d’un demone (1929) acts as a omniscient narrator. This figure, who is subjected to a profound metamorphosis in the following novel, Profonda notte (1932), through the hallucinated vision of the character lost in the Arctic, reverts to an almost traditional appearance in Fuori tempo (1938). In this last novel, the central character submits to the teaching of the scientific wizard, prof. Leo Vario, who is obsessed with «twisting time» and does not hesitate to converse with an elegantly dressed modern Devil. Initially the interpreter of the character’s unconscious, the figure of the demon, who later turns to the Devil, becomes embodiment of the unconscious, in a world which implements what French philosopher Lucien Lévy-Bruhl analyzed as law of participation. Questo saggio mira a mettere in evidenza come Dino Terra recupera, nei primi romanzi pubblicati tra il 1929 e il 1938, alcuni aspetti dell’opera di Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. Preso in prestito da Les faux-monnayeurs di André Gide, il demone di Ioni — Qualche tempo di due umani e d’un demone (1929) svolge la funzione di narratore onnisciente. Questa figura, che conosce impensate metamorfosi passando nel romanzo successivo, Profonda notte (1932), attraverso la visione allucinata del protagonista smarrito nell’Artico, riacquista una fisionomia quasi tradizionale in Fuori tempo (1938). In questo romanzo, il protagonista sottostà all’insegnamento dello scienziato e mago, il prof. Leo Vario, che, assorto nel tentativo di «torcere il tempo», non esita a intrattenersi con la figura imponente di un moderno Diavolo vestito con la massima eleganza. Interprete, in un primo momento, dell’inconscio del personaggio, la figura del demone, poi diavolo, diviene personificazione di tale inconscio, in un universo che materializza quanto Lévy-Bruhl ha analizzato come legge di partecipazione. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Università di Cagliari: UniCA Open Journals Arctic Mira ENVELOPE(10.500,10.500,-70.417,-70.417)
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description This paper aims to emphasize how Dino Terra takes hold of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl analysis about loi de participation into the narrative of his first novels between 1929 and 1938. Borrowed from Les faux-monnayeurs by André Gide, the demon in Ioni. Qualche tempo di due umani e d’un demone (1929) acts as a omniscient narrator. This figure, who is subjected to a profound metamorphosis in the following novel, Profonda notte (1932), through the hallucinated vision of the character lost in the Arctic, reverts to an almost traditional appearance in Fuori tempo (1938). In this last novel, the central character submits to the teaching of the scientific wizard, prof. Leo Vario, who is obsessed with «twisting time» and does not hesitate to converse with an elegantly dressed modern Devil. Initially the interpreter of the character’s unconscious, the figure of the demon, who later turns to the Devil, becomes embodiment of the unconscious, in a world which implements what French philosopher Lucien Lévy-Bruhl analyzed as law of participation. Questo saggio mira a mettere in evidenza come Dino Terra recupera, nei primi romanzi pubblicati tra il 1929 e il 1938, alcuni aspetti dell’opera di Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. Preso in prestito da Les faux-monnayeurs di André Gide, il demone di Ioni — Qualche tempo di due umani e d’un demone (1929) svolge la funzione di narratore onnisciente. Questa figura, che conosce impensate metamorfosi passando nel romanzo successivo, Profonda notte (1932), attraverso la visione allucinata del protagonista smarrito nell’Artico, riacquista una fisionomia quasi tradizionale in Fuori tempo (1938). In questo romanzo, il protagonista sottostà all’insegnamento dello scienziato e mago, il prof. Leo Vario, che, assorto nel tentativo di «torcere il tempo», non esita a intrattenersi con la figura imponente di un moderno Diavolo vestito con la massima eleganza. Interprete, in un primo momento, dell’inconscio del personaggio, la figura del demone, poi diavolo, diviene personificazione di tale inconscio, in un universo che materializza quanto Lévy-Bruhl ha analizzato come legge di partecipazione.
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