– de Salvatore Serra –
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Inoghe, a ghisa de mustra, bos propòngio unas cantas frases in inglesu dae su giassu https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221005-eucatastrophe-tolkiens-word-for-the-anti-doomsday cun sa tradutzione in sardu.
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Before he wrote The Lord of the Rings, the author JRR Tolkien coined a word – “eucatastrophe” – that scholars would still be writing about 70 years later. What did he mean, and why could it relate to the very real story of humanity?
- In antis de iscrìere Su Sennore de sos Aneddos, s’autore JRR Tolkien aiat imbentadu una paràula – “eucatàstrofe” – chi sos istudiosos diant àere àpidu sighidu a iscrìere unos 70 annos a pustis. Cale fiat su sentidu, e pro ite si diat dèpere relatzionare cun s’istòria reale de s’umanidade?
In particular, Tolkien wrote about what makes a happy ending so powerful in stories. And to do so, he came up with an intriguing coinage: fairy stories, he suggested, often feature a “eucatastrophe” – this was, he suggested, a “good” catastrophe. So, what exactly did he mean? And could such events happen in real life too?
- In particulare, Tolkien aiat iscritu a pitzu de su chi rendet unu finale dèghidu gasi poderosu in sos contos. E, pro fàghere custu, aiat bogadu a campu un’imbentu sugugiadore: sos contos de sas gianas, aiat suspadu, a s’ispissu tenent una “eucatàstrofe” – chi fiat, aiat suspadu, una catàstrofe “bona”. Duncas, ite cheriat nàrrere de pretzisu? E podiant custos eventos acuntèssere finas in sa vida reale?
“According to Tolkien, a eucatastrophe in a story often happens at the darkest moment. When all seems lost – when the enemy seems to have won – a sudden “joyous turn” for the better can emerge. It delivers a deep emotional reaction in readers: “a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart”, he wrote
- “Cunforma a su chi narat Tolkien, un’ eucatàstrofe in una patistòria a s’ispissu acuntesset in su mamentu prus iscurosu. Cando totu paret pèrdidu – cando paret chi s’inimigu apat bìnchidu – podet capitare totu in unu una “furriada alligra” chi faghet megiorare sas cosas. Custu produit una reatzione emotzionale funduda in sos letores: “unu torròngiu de alenu, un’allìviu de su coro”, at iscritu
In The Hobbit, it’d be the sudden arrival of the eagles in the Battle of the Five Armies, while in The Lord of the Rings, it’s the moment Gollum unexpectedly falls into the cracks of Mount Doom, destroying the One Ring. But many other stories feature such turning points, whether it is the kiss that revives Snow White, or the destruction of the Death Star in Star Wars.
- In S’Hobbit diat pòdere èssere sa lòmpida repente de sas àbiles in sa Batalla de sas Chimbe Armadas, cando chi in Su Sennore de sos Aneddos est su mamentu chi Gollum, cando nemos si l’isetat, nche ruet in sas carpiduras de su Monte Doom, destruende s’Aneddu Ùnicu . Ma in àteras paristòrias medas b’at custos puntos de furriada, comente su basu chi torrat a vida a Niarva, o su destruimentu de s’ Isteddu de sa Morte in Sa Gherra de sos Isteddos.
In the present day, Tolkien’s idea of the “good catastrophe” has attracted the attention of scholars who study existential risk and humanity’s future prospects. It turns out that eucatastrophes may matter beyond fairy stories – and identifying the conditions that lead to them could be necessary if we want to thrive as a species.
- Oe in die, s’idea de Tolkien de ” catàstrofe bona ” at atraidu s’atentu de sos chi istùdiant s’arriscu esistentziale e sas prospetivas venidoras de s’umanidade. Nde resurtat chi sas eucatástrofes podent tènnere prus importu de sos contos de sas gianas – e su de identificare sas cunditziones chi giughent a issas diat pòdere èssere netzessàriu si cherimus prosperare comente ispètzie.