The essay analyzes siren mythology and narrative complexity in Lampedusa's enigmatic work, suggesting deeper meanings.
The essay provides an in-depth analysis of La sirena , Tomasi di Lampedusa's most enigmatic, opaque and indirect work. Through the notion of allusiveness and Francesco Orlando's figural categories, the paper focuses on the reuse of traditional siren mythology by the writer, as well as the dense literariness. It highlights Tomasi di Lampedusa's narrative strategy of creating imagery of ‘autre’, which reveals a deeper meaning of the things indirectly and resolves the contrast between mortality and eternity.
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Daniela Shalom Vagata (2026) studied this question.