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This article has been published in: Ocula 26, Matters of holiness: semiotic perspectives on Dante

author: Francesco Galofaro (Facoltà di comunicazione, Università IULM, IT)

Models of holiness in the Comedy: the case of Pier Damiani

language: italian

abstract: The paper focuses on the canto XXI of Paradise. In particular, the construction of the cosmological landscape and its superimposition on the level of ethical reading will be examined in order to reconstruct the semiotics of the world (Greimas 1966) of Dante's time. For this purpose, the theory of sign production will be used (Eco 1975). Attention will also be paid to the figure of Pier Damiani as a model of holiness proposed by Dante, deepening its ethical-political implications.

citation information: Francesco Galofaro, Modelli di santità nella Commedia: il caso di Pier Damiani, "Ocula", vol.23, n.26, December 2022. DOI: 10.57576/ocula2022-10

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