The Renaissance writers adapted the dialogue form to represent the culture they were creating, using it for numerous subjects: philosophy, ethics, politics, religion, the arts, the study of language, and literature. The dialogue was an appropriate form for works which are at once serious, ironical, and critical. Giordano Bruno's Italian dialogues are a case in point. This essay scrutinizes the structure of these works, with special attention to the role of the interlocutors in his rhetoric.
L'articolo approfondisce la 'forma' del dialogo filosofico come concepito da Giordano Bruno nei sei Dialoghi da lui pubblicati a Londra nel 1584-1585. Come altri autori del Cinquecento, Bruno si richiama a Platone anche per la valorizzazione di temi (per es. i concetti di Anima del mondo e di Eros: entrambi nella prospettiva di un 'vincolo' che riguarda l'unità e la totalità) che implicavano una critica nei confronti della filosofia aristotelico-scolastica.
Rhetoric and Philosophical Discourse in Giordano Bruno's Italian Dialogues
Eugenio Canone;
2007
Abstract
The Renaissance writers adapted the dialogue form to represent the culture they were creating, using it for numerous subjects: philosophy, ethics, politics, religion, the arts, the study of language, and literature. The dialogue was an appropriate form for works which are at once serious, ironical, and critical. Giordano Bruno's Italian dialogues are a case in point. This essay scrutinizes the structure of these works, with special attention to the role of the interlocutors in his rhetoric.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


