Fuori luogo. Forme del paesaggio e sguardi che non vedono nel Bellum civile di Lucano

Abstract

What is the connection Lucan establish between landscapes and characters in the Bellum civile? Are the loci in this epic poem anthropologically marked? In other words, are the places and spaces described still capable of representing identity, relationships, and the memory of those who frequent or inhabit them? Are they therefore definable according to the notion of “anthropological place” used to understand traditional societies by Marc Augé? The aim of this paper, in an investigation that is for the moment limited to a few productive passages, is that in his poem Lucan proposes a dissolution of the anthropological value of the landscapes and places described, and that this dissolution is linked to the action of “gazes that do not see”.