Entanglement sociale: l’inospitale aristocrazia ne La Carestia di Domenico Tempio

Abstract

Hospitality is one of the human actions full of meaning. From ancient times until today, it has grown in importance in modern times as a concept. The Literature has always portrayed it: many and many writers have depicted the human hospitality, both concrete and metaphorical, and its contrary, the inhospitality. The poem entitled La Carestia, written by the 18th-century Sicilian poet Domenico Tempio, underlines the social conflict between the aristocrats and the poorest. The former despise the impolite and ignorant people, and mock them; the latter perceive such an attitude and react with resentment. No hospitality, no human solidarity, no acceptance are possible in the society: Catania doesn’t change and it is rife with separation and distance.