Da Dante a Luzi sulle tracce del divino

Abstract

Il saggio offre un’interessante riflessione sull’ultimo volume di Michele Bianco, “Lev Shomeà (I RE 3,9) «Un cuore ascoltante». Da Dante a Luzi. Epifania del divino, ierofania e amor di Patria”, che presenta un’analisi su autori e momenti significativi della nostra tradizione letteraria. Bianco disegna, attraverso 17 densi saggi, un affresco della nostra storia letteraria, filtrato nell’ottica di una visione rinnovata del mondo della fede, intesa sia come epifania del divino, in autori dichiaratamente credenti (Dante, Petrarca, Luzi), sia come ierofania in autori (come d’Annunzio, Pirandello o Pasolini), aperti a un totalmente ‘Altro’, inteso come Oltre, e dove ‘la parola che si ascolta’ diventa quel filo conduttore, utile a superare l’eterogeneità degli autori trattati, in nome di quella visione rinnovata del mondo della fede che dà senso e unità a questo volume.

In this essay, the author provides us with some interesting reflections on the challenging work resulted in the last volume written by Michele Bianco ((‘Lev Shomeá (‘I RE 3,9’) “Un cuore ascoltante”. Da Date a Luzi. Epifania del divino, ierofania e amor di Patria’). The essay is an accurate analysis of different authors and significant eventsof our literary tradition, combining, within a non-specialised concept of knowledge, the contributions of formalism, of the Prague Linguistic Circle, and structural linguistics, with the legacies of the best hermeneutic tradition of the 20th century (Heidegger and Gadamer): The scholar focuses on two fundamental issues. The first one is related to the methodologyderiving, as the title highlights, from shomeá, in other words from the humble approach, from the welcoming, listening attitude of the hermit priest in his/her journey towards knowledge. The other issue deals specifically with the main topic, trying to find that unifying element which could guide the reader through this complex research. In his 17 datailed essays, the author offer us a great, powerful overview of our literary history, in a renewed prespective on the world of faith, both as Divine Epiphany (such as that found in the works by authors who werw declared believer, like Dante, Petrarca luzi) and as Hierophany (such as that foubd in the works by D’Annunzio, Pirandello or Pasolini, who werw open to something which is totally “Other’, meaning “Beyond”), and where ‘the word that you listen to’ becomes the common thread, thanks to which you can overcome the heterogeneity of the authors treated, in the name of that renewed prspective on the world of faith gives meaning and unity to this volume.