Abstract
The article analyses Gadda’s pamphlet on fascism Eros e Priapo and its “galaxy” of texts, and it demonstrates that they represent a particular case study for the theory of satire. Indeed, these texts condense all the duplicities that have characterised the satirical “non-genre” since its ancient origins: literalism (direct invective) and layered use of rhetorical figures; irrationality and rationality; identity and distance between satirist and target. Eros e Priapo claims for a rational investigation of fascism, and creates a rhetorically layered satire, while at the same time bursting into the most violent and outspoken curse, somehow repeating the same «echolalia» that it attacks.
| Translated title of the contribution | Double Echolalia. On the Satire of 'Eros e Priapo' |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 595-617 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Strumenti Critici |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 163 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2023 |