Trovò fra gli altri quel fatale a caso : avventura e casualità nel Furioso

Mühlbacher, Manuel (2021): Trovò fra gli altri quel fatale a caso : avventura e casualità nel Furioso. In: Italianistica-Rivista Di Letteratura Italiana, Bd. 50, Nr. 2: S. 11-26

Abstract

Adventure is a strange formation of compromise between providence and chance: While the situation of knightly trial is unpredictable as to the where and when of its occurrence, it yet seems to be reserved for some hero who is predestined to overcome it. Reassessing the readings of the Orlando furioso that see a marginalization of adventure and a shift towards the model of the quest or the epic, this article argues that Ariosto recuperates the narrative pattern of adventure and that he transforms it into two complementary and polarized types, one of which is oriented towards chance, while the other is centred on providence. The contingent subtype of adventure is instantiated by the incalculable and frustrating encounters that defer the quests of the various knights, whereas the providence typical to adventure is concentrated in the figure of Astolfo. The analysis of his journey through the Orient, which is at the centre of the article, illustrates that Astolfo's adventures bring about an elimination of contingency most conspicuously embodied by his fight against the invulnerable Orrilo. Transforming its narrative material dialectically, the Furioso aims to achieve a global equilibrium in which contrary forces - in this case, providence and chance - always end up balancing each other.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Department 1
• Themengebiete: 400 Sprache > 400 Sprache
• ISSN: 0391-3368
• Sprache: Italienisch