Ludovico di Breme
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Rino Caputo [1]
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[1] Università di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’
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- Localización: Moderna: semestrale di teoria e critica della letteratura, ISSN 1128-6326, Vol. 20, Nº. 1-2, 2018, págs. 93-100
- Idioma: italiano
- Títulos paralelos:
- Ludovico di Breme
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Resumen
This essay analyzes the connection between language and literature in Ludovico di Breme’s works. According to di Breme, language and literature are deeply connected as a result of the moral importance of intellectual work in human society. Di Breme appreciated Eyraud’s studies on deaf-and-dumb language, because he was interested in finding universal laws of grammar and mental structures. Di Breme thought intellectuals had a civilization duty towards society. He joined the romantic movement as a natural consequence of his ideas about the civil role of writing. Di Breme wrote the Grand Commentaire in order to organize a plan of cooperation between intellectuals and the State, or rather between culture and society. Di Breme set up « Il Conciliatore » as a tool meant to unify the political ideas of the intellectuals and to coordinate their action in society. In the years to come, however, the new intellectuals writing on «Il Conciliatore» abandoned Di Breme’s project, and focused their attention on technology and science.
