In the Indian epic, oratory is held in high regard and is a characteristic of prominent male characters. The present paper focuses on Draupadī and Mandodarī who share the qualities of loyalty and devotion to their spouses (pativratā), but differ in that one is bound to a conquering hero, the other to an antihero. Both of them are the protagonists of an episode of intense narrative pathos, when they exhort and/or admonish their respective spouses to act or for not having acted in a specific manner (MBh 3.28-33; R [G] 6.33; R [B] 6.99). A few lines from the Rāmāyaṇa depicting Mandodarī scolding the deceased Rāvaṇa, expunged from the Baroda edition but partly preserved in Gorresio, have proved useful for comparisons with Draupadī’s speech to Yudhiṣṭhira from the third book of the Mahābhārata. To the best of my knowledge, no attempt has been made to perform an exhaustive comparison of the two protagonists’ dialectics or even these selected passages. Therefore, the objective of the present research is to analyse some of the rhetorical-stylistic strategies employed in the literary representation of Mandodarī and Draupadī
Nell’epica indiana l’arte oratoria è tenuta in grande considerazione ed è propria di figure maschili di rilievo. Al centro del presente articolo sono Draupadī e Mandodarī, accomunate dall’essere votate alla fedeltà e devozione al loro sposo (pativratā), ma distinte dall’essere legate l’una a un eroe vincitore e l’altra a un antieroe. Entrambe sono attrici principali di un episodio d’intenso pathos narrativo, quando esortano e/o rimproverano i rispettivi coniugi sull’agire (o non agire) in un determinato modo (MBh 3.28-33; R [G] 6.33; R [B] 6.99). Alcuni versi del Rāmāyaṇa in cui Mandodarī redarguisce Rāvaṇa ormai morto, espunti dall’edizione Baroda ma in parte conservati in Gorresio, si sono rivelati utilmente confrontabili con il discorso che Draupadī rivolge a Yudhiṣṭhira nel terzo libro del Mahābhārata. Poiché non è noto alcun tentativo di condurre un’analisi contrastiva della dialettica delle due protagoniste e, in particolare, dei passi selezionati, oggetto della presente ricerca sarà un’analisi di alcune strategie retorico-stilistiche adottate nella rappresentazione letteraria di Mandodarī e Draupadī.
I discorsi di Mandodarī e Draupadī: locuzioni retoriche a confronto / Falqui, Diletta. - In: RHESIS. - ISSN 2037-4569. - 11:1(2020), pp. 75-84.
I discorsi di Mandodarī e Draupadī: locuzioni retoriche a confronto
diletta falqui
2020
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In the Indian epic, oratory is held in high regard and is a characteristic of prominent male characters. The present paper focuses on Draupadī and Mandodarī who share the qualities of loyalty and devotion to their spouses (pativratā), but differ in that one is bound to a conquering hero, the other to an antihero. Both of them are the protagonists of an episode of intense narrative pathos, when they exhort and/or admonish their respective spouses to act or for not having acted in a specific manner (MBh 3.28-33; R [G] 6.33; R [B] 6.99). A few lines from the Rāmāyaṇa depicting Mandodarī scolding the deceased Rāvaṇa, expunged from the Baroda edition but partly preserved in Gorresio, have proved useful for comparisons with Draupadī’s speech to Yudhiṣṭhira from the third book of the Mahābhārata. To the best of my knowledge, no attempt has been made to perform an exhaustive comparison of the two protagonists’ dialectics or even these selected passages. Therefore, the objective of the present research is to analyse some of the rhetorical-stylistic strategies employed in the literary representation of Mandodarī and DraupadīFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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