(Re)ler Dante com a psicanálise: o axioma da Commedia e a repetição do número

Abstract

The medieval sacred poem entitled Commedia (1322) has bequeathed us a monumental work of poetic art, in which several paradigms were embedded; one of the main paradigms being the theological-religious one concerning the eternal future of the soul after the death of the earthly body. The protagonist, who narrates the journey afterlife, is the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, author of various poetic and political works, while also being an emblematic figure of Italian culture. There are many legends and speculations about his life and his work, as well as numerous interpretations regarding his role as the main character and narrator in the poem. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the unconscious contents present in Commedia, using Freudian psychoanalysis as a hermeneutical basis. One of the most relevant observed psychic mechanisms was condensation, through which we obtained a deeper understanding of the associative chains and mnemonic symbols derived from the final axiom "l'amor che move il sole e le altre stelle" (the love that moves the sun and other stars), from which we also glimpsed two unconscious poems arising from the combination of unique verses in the poem.