THE CLOAK – MILITARY OUTFIT AND MARKER OF LIMINAL CONDITION IN DINO BUZZATI’S WORKS
THE CLOAK – MILITARY OUTFIT AND MARKER OF LIMINAL CONDITION IN DINO BUZZATI’S WORKS

THE CLOAK – MILITARY OUTFIT AND MARKER OF LIMINAL CONDITION IN DINO BUZZATI’S WORKS

Summary/Abstract: In all Dino Buzzati’s works the cloak is a crucial element: it is highlighted in texts that refer tothe military world (short stories, novels, plays or librettos), in contexts where certain patterns emerge.This article analyzes the symbolic-anthropological implications of the cloak, including the humanrelationship with space. We argue that this texts associate the cloak with a transition stage and place, andexamine its role in marking materially aspects peculiar to such scenes, related both to the location andinterconnections of the characters and to the structure of the configured world/worlds.

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