The article investigates the forms and contents of petitions addressed to the National Parliament of the Two Sicilies during the revolutions of 1820-1821. The lexicon and style of these texts offer important information to understand the political discourse of the Neapolitan public opinion. The article will focus on the notion of petition and its historical evolution, before proceeding to the development of the right of petition in 1820-1821. It will finally propose a classification of petitions according to two ways of telling the truth: the parrhesia and the rhetoric.
Il linguaggio della verità. Le petizioni al Parlamento nazionale delle Due Sicilie del 1820-21
Dario Marino
2019
Abstract
The article investigates the forms and contents of petitions addressed to the National Parliament of the Two Sicilies during the revolutions of 1820-1821. The lexicon and style of these texts offer important information to understand the political discourse of the Neapolitan public opinion. The article will focus on the notion of petition and its historical evolution, before proceeding to the development of the right of petition in 1820-1821. It will finally propose a classification of petitions according to two ways of telling the truth: the parrhesia and the rhetoric.File in questo prodotto:
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