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Catullo 65 e le immagini
2006-08-22T07:17:53Z
Abstract
In Catullus’ poem 65 two attitudes of the poetic voice coexist, a formal and discursive one (represented by the letter to Ortalus) and a meditative-lyrical one (represented by the heartfelt apostrophe to his brother just died). But neither a linear vision (sequel of primary speech - speech secondary - primary speech) nor a cyclic vision, recording a ‘frame and inset pattern’ (primary speech = frame; secondary speech = center), truly represent the structure of the poem: rather, it must be understood as a dynamic psychological unit, in which the relationship between external and internal form, between communicative and expressive attitude, and between the temporal dimensions of consciousness and of opportunity is woven from the invention and work of calibrated images. Careful study of the images also allows us to deal with new tools for effective criticism.