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Darrera modificació: 2021-11-19
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat, Arnau
Kaiser, Christian, "Speculum amoris: Liebeskrankheit und medizinische Wissenschaft in Umberto Ecos Mittelalter", Medizinhistorisches Journal, 56/4 (2021), 258-288.
- Resum
- The article analyzes the role of medicine in Umberto Eco's (1932-2016) novels, whose plot is set in the High Middle Ages. Specialists in Medieval studies are confronted with some surprises: Although Eco's books are composed upon a historically well-informed foundation, they deliberately make some modifications that are due to the author's interests in literary and cultural theory and his didactic intentions in the wake of the discourse on post-modern narrative. In accordance with the significance within Eco's work, the main focus of the article lies on the disease named aegritudo amoris or amor hereos (lovesickness). Eco takes a highly original approach in applying his postmodern literary theory to medieval theoretical medicine. This results in a series of intentionally set anachronisms, recognizable however only to the specialist, and even for him not necessarily at first glance. From a historical perspective, these anachronisms lead to absurdities. Against the background of Eco's theory of ‚mirrors‘, however, they serve to confirm his guiding principle, according to which all writing is writing about what has already been written, all books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story long since told.
- Matèries
- Vilanova, Arnau de
Recepció
Medicina - Psicologia i psiquiatria
- URL
- https://elibrary.steiner-verlag.de/article/10.25162 ...
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