Purpose of this essay is to analyze the occurrences of ‘paura’ in Giovanni Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’ to show how the author contextualizes this sentiment in his novel and in medieval society. Boccaccio’s ‘fear’ has a polysemic meaning: it is an emotion that embraces every area of human life, in fact it often conveys the action and the inaction of the characters. This research highlights the interesting role assumed by ‘fear’ differently in men and women; and the various types of fear represented by Boccaccio’s tales, in which the dread of plague plays just a secondary role.

«Per un lessico della paura nel Decameron: un’analisi delle occorrenze boccaccesche»

Ester Baldi
2020-01-01

Abstract

Purpose of this essay is to analyze the occurrences of ‘paura’ in Giovanni Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’ to show how the author contextualizes this sentiment in his novel and in medieval society. Boccaccio’s ‘fear’ has a polysemic meaning: it is an emotion that embraces every area of human life, in fact it often conveys the action and the inaction of the characters. This research highlights the interesting role assumed by ‘fear’ differently in men and women; and the various types of fear represented by Boccaccio’s tales, in which the dread of plague plays just a secondary role.
2020
Boccaccio, paura, lessicografia, storia della lingua, Decameron, storia culturale delle emozioni, storia delle emozioni, filologia italiana
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