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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The Structure of Meaning in Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo
Beteiligte:
Lansing, Richard H.
Erschienen:
Modern Language Association of America, 1978
Erschienen in:PMLA
Sprache:
Englisch
ISSN:
0030-8129
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Beschreibung:
<p>When it first appeared Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) was criticized for lacking structural coherence and for including digressive and superfluous narrative material. Such an appraisal, however, does not stand up under analysis. In arranging the individual episodes of the plot Lampedusa twice relies on a sophisticated pattern of chiastic ordering to throw into prominence the novel's central themes and to reinforce symbolic associations. The patterns of concentric symmetry compensate for the effects of the intentionally static quality of a plot that consists more of a sequence of moods and meditations than of specific actions. Lampedusa plays down linear development and compels the reader to seek the novel's unity in its thematic and symbolic structures. Seen from this perspective, Il Gattopardo might well be celebrated rather than censured for the complexity of its structural coherence.</p>