ON MEMORIES IN THE ZIBALDONE BY GIACOMO LEOPARDI

The article is devoted to the Zibaldone by Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837). The author wrote this work for many years, and it represents his reflections about the nature of things. The article concentrates on the nature of memory and reminiscence. The role of memory and reminiscence is very significant as through reminiscences the author communicates with himself. The linearity of time isn't important here, and the nature of memory by Leopardi resembles “involuntary memories” in the novels by M. Proust