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Il ritorno dell'epica

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È possibile, nel XXI secolo, scrivere poesia epica? Fabrizio Corselli ha accettato la sfida e ha iniziato un percorso di scrittura dedicato a questo filone poetico considerato estinto. Ispirandosi ai grandi classici del genere e mescolandoli con l’immaginario fantasy, Corselli ha ottenuto risultati degni di nota e incoraggianti per una rinascita di questo genere.
Del resto la poesia contemporanea ha un pubblico estremamente ristretto e non è difficile individuare la causa di questa disaffezione dei lettori: gli autori di poesia contemporanei sono quasi tutti ripiegati su uno stile estremamente dimesso e colloquiale, con scarsa attenzione alla tecnica della versificazione e con contenuti pedestri fino alla sciatteria. Il risultato è spesso quello di una letteratura poetica fredda e insignificante, astrusa e totalmente sganciata dalla realtà…
Per non parlare di un ripugnante filone di sedicente “poesia civile” che propaganda il mondialismo!
I testi di Corselli, ispirati al mondo delle mitologie antiche e medievali, riprendono un linguaggio aulico inquadrato in forme stilistiche che utilizzano elementi di metrica classica mescolati al verso libero, nella ricerca di un linguaggio musicale e di soluzioni innovative.
L’operazione letteraria di Corselli non è affatto un puro esercizio erudito: considerando i tempi apocalittici in cui stiamo vivendo, non mancano certo la materia e lo stato d’animo necessari per rivisitare l’epica: di draghi da uccidere ce ne sono fin troppi…
AD MAIORA
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Fabrizio Corselli
Drak'kast - Storie di draghi
Edizioni della Sera
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