El tarot como máquina narrativa : una aproximación a El castillo de los destinos cruzados, de Ítalo Calvino

Abstract

The present thesis has as object of study the procedures used in the elaboration of a particular book: The castle of the crossed destinies (1973) by Ítalo Calvino. The castle consists of two sections, the first is titled by the same name and the second bears the name of The Tavern of Cross Destinations. Both describe a group of people who take refuge in a castle, in the first section, and in a tavern, in the second. On a table there is a deck of tarot cards, through these images, and accompanied by gestures, the characters try to explain their stories. With regard to the cartomancy system called tarot, in the section of The Castle the deck used is called “Visconti Sforza”, while in La tavern the cards are from the "Marseille" tarot.