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Review of Richard Ambrosini, La poesia inglese. Proposte di lettura dall’età dei Tudor a oggi (Carocci, 2025)
No full textReview of Richard Ambrosini, La poesia inglese. Proposte di lettura dall’età dei Tudor a oggi (Carocci, 2025
‘Was Science then a Complete Failure?’: Myth in the Work of Elias Canetti
No full textAll’interno di questo contributo, l’autore si sofferma sulla funzione teorica e filosofica del ricorso al mito all’interno dell’opera di Elias Canetti, con particolare riferimento al suo capolavoro da saggista, Massa e potere, e alle sue annotazioni. Nel primo paragrafo, l’autore delinea i tratti principali della riscoperta canettiana del mito e si sofferma sulle sue fonti testuali. Nel secondo paragrafo, l’autore prende in esame il nesso fra il mito e il concetto di metamorfosi, centrale all’interno dell’antropologia filosofica canettiana. Nel terzo paragrafo, l’autore si sofferma sul ricorso di Canetti al mito come risposta ai limiti che caratterizzano la filosofia. Nel quarto e ultimo paragrafo, l’autore prende in esame il potenziale politico insito nel ricorso al mito: in opposizione a un sapere compromesso con il potere, Canetti concepisce il ricorso al mito come un mezzo per portare alla luce il punto di vista degli oppressi, dei dimenticati, dei colonizzati.In this paper, the Author examines the theoretical and philosophical function of the recourse to myth in Elias Canetti’s works, with particular reference to his masterpiece as an essayist, Crowds and Power, and his Aufzeichnungen. In the first section, the Author outlines the main features of Canetti’s rediscovery of myth and mentions its textual sources. In the second section, the Author explores the connection between myth and the concept of metamorphosis, pivotal within Canetti’s philosophical anthropology. In the third section, the Author focuses on Canetti’s recourse to myth as an antidote to the shortcomings that characterize philosophy. In the fourth and final section, the Author takes into account the political potential inherent in myth. In opposition to a knowledge compromised with power, Canetti perceives his reliance on myth as a means to bring to light the point of view of the oppressed, the forgotten, the colonized
Recensione di Daniele Maria Pegorari, La conoscenza amministrata (Mimesis, 2025)
No full textReview of Daniele Maria Pegorari, La conoscenza amministrata. Mimesis, 2025.Recensione di Daniele Maria Pegorari, La conoscenza amministrata. Mimesis, 2025
Cars in Theatre, Theatre in Cars. A Case Study: Mobile Thriller
Full text linkThis essay aims to provide insights into the relationship between theatre and the automobile through the lens of Mobility Studies and Performance Studies. While cars are commonly featured in visual media, they are rarely seen in theatre due to the inherent limitations of theatrical space. However, some artists have recently embraced this challenge, offering creative solutions both on stage and on the road in site-specific performances. Mobile Thriller, a monologue set in a car traveling on the Milan ring road, was initially performed in traditional theatre venues in Milan and Glasgow. It was later adapted for a performance inside a real car at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This essay discusses the differences between two versions of the play, highlighting how theatrical dramaturgy is always structured around the concept of space.
 
Exploring Time and Consciousness in Homeric Epics: The Strange Encounter of Odysseus and Herakles in the Nekyia
Full text linkWhile the Homeric epics primarily focus on the Greek and Trojan heroes battling outside Troy’s walls, they also hark back to earlier heroic eras. Among past heroes, Herakles is the most frequently mentioned. The Iliad often references Herakles’ exploits, but the Odyssey only briefly evokes him in a few verses. The most extended mention occurs in the nekyia (Od. 11. 601-627), a passage presenting oddities that have been widely debated and interpreted. This paper considers the passage focusing on the diffuse confusion of temporal levels that it presents in the light of frameworks related to mind and consciousness. Inspired by the seminal works of Snell and Dodds and the controversial yet increasingly validated theories of Jaynes, supported by neuroscientific insights and Damasio’s endorsement, it explores recent research on consciousness in perceiving and describing time. It investigates whether this Homeric passage may reflect a transitional phase from one stage of development of the human cognitive system to a subsequent one characterised by different functional traits
Rethinking Collective Story: Olga Tokarczuk’s Tender Narrator and Spatiotemporal Entanglement
Full text linkThis article introduces characterisation of the tender narrator concept by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, which was a central point in her Nobel Prize lecture (2019). During the identification, three key elements of Tokarczuk’s project are specified: the bond of diegetic forms with climate and environmental crisis of the Anthropocene; dynamically changing, fragmented collective and individual perspectives; and the titular narrative tenderness manifested in sensitivity to more-than-human voices, networks, and relations. Through this, the potential of this idea is included in the repertoire of econarratological research and, more broadly, non-anthropocentric narrative theories. To detail the manifestations of the fourth-person narrative, as the tender narrative is also called, this paper problematises spatiotemporal experiences based on the example of Tokarczuk’s novel The Empusium (2024). In the analysis of how representations of time and space are mediated in the tender story, aspects such as interdependencies, despatialisation and fragmentation are brought to the fore
Czech Structuralists on Rhythm in Epic Literature
Full text linkCzech structuralism is closely linked to the Prague Linguistic Circle (or Prague School), but it also developed independently of this institution during the 20th century. The theoretical and methodological legacy of Czech structuralism can be studied regarding the way in which some Czech scholars dealt with the issue of rhythm in epic literature. This study aims to briefly introduce and summarize the most important contributions of Czech structuralists to this issue. The study focuses on the ideas of Vilém Mathesius, Jan Mukařovský, Felix Vodička, Miroslav Červenka and Milan Jankovič. The core of the study is an outline of the conception of Jan Mukařovský, who in his university lectures attempted to develop a systematic plan for narrative research. The paper concludes with a summary of the main approaches of Czech structuralists to rhythm in epic literature and a reflection on the influence of new terms and concepts introduced by M. Červenka and M. Jankovič (e.g. rhythmic focus, rhythmic vocabulary, stream, etc.) on the further development of this issue
Gestures and Professional Reading: A Reading Aloud Teaching Practice Based on a Multimodal Approach
Full text linkIn the diamesic continuum from spontaneous speech to written language, many speech forms lack the unwilling responses and the reflex actions of face-to-face interaction. For instance, beyond reading aloud speech, the peculiarity typically regards formal public speech and acted speech. In fact, while in the spontaneous language performance, the ideational process is synchronous to the locutionary process, and speech goes on together with the flow of thought, in the reading, instead, the content is figured out completely only afterward, and also, for this reason, the performance frequently lacks communicative efficiency.
The paper offers an overview of an innovative reading-aloud teaching practice based on an empiric multimodal approach in which visuospatial sensorimotor dynamic instructions exploit the capability of gestures and body movements to trigger a meaningful, effective text interpretation.In the diamesic continuum from spontaneous speech to written language, many speech forms lack the unwilling responses and the reflex actions of face-to-face interaction. For instance, beyond reading aloud speech, the peculiarity typically regards formal public speech and acted speech. In fact, while in the spontaneous language performance, the ideational process is synchronous to the locutionary process, and speech goes on together with the flow of thought, in the reading, instead, the content is figured out completely only afterward, and also, for this reason, the performance frequently lacks communicative efficiency.
The paper offers an overview of an innovative reading-aloud teaching practice based on an empiric multimodal approach in which visuospatial sensorimotor dynamic instructions exploit the capability of gestures and body movements to trigger a meaningful, effective text interpretation
Käte Friedemann, “The Narrator in the Epic”
Full text linkIl concetto teorico di «narratore» come istanza mediatrice indipendente dall’autore fa la sua comparsa negli studi letterari all’inizio del Novecento, compiutamente formulato per la prima volta nel saggio di Käte Friedemann Die Rolle des Erzählers in the Epik (Il ruolo del narratore nell’epica, 1910). Il saggio, che affianca se non anticipa la riflessione di Henry James e Percy Lubbock sull’uso del punto di vista, sarà negli anni Venti tra le letture di Michail Bachtin e nel dopoguerra tra i testi di riferimento di Franz K. Stanzel, ma a dispetto del suo ruolo pionieristico non verrà tradotto in altre lingue e non accederà dunque a una circolazione internazionale. Le pagine che seguono presentano in traduzione italiana una sintesi delle principali tesi del saggio, così come vengono riassunte e puntualizzate dalla stessa Friedemann nell’articolo “Der Erzähler in der epischen Dichtung” (Il narratore nella forma epica, 1913). L’articolo tradotto è preceduto da un’introduzione che ripercorre la traiettoria intellettuale dell’autrice, cresciuta a Berlino in una famiglia di ebrei assimilati, vicina all’ambiente dei neokantiani e poi allieva a Berna di Oskar F. Walzel, della quale si perdono le tracce nella Palestina degli anni Quaranta. La riflessione di Friedemann, situata in un territorio ancora indistinto tra teoria del romanzo e narratologia, rappresenta non soltanto un tassello da collocare tra i nomi di Wilhelm Dilthey e di György Lukács, ma contribuisce a riportare in primo piano nodi teorici che sono a tutt’oggi oggetto d’indagine – primo fra tutti il problema del narratore come medium che giudica, qualità (o difetto) ineliminabile di ogni sistema di pensiero prodotto da esseri umani e non da «automi».The theoretical concept of ‘narrator’ as a mediating entity independent from the author emerged in literary studies in the early 1900s and was fully articulated for the first time in Käte Friedemann\u27s 1910 essay “Die Rolle des Erzählers in der Epik" ("The Role of the Narrator in Epic Literature”). Friedemann’s work, which parallels or even predates Henry James’ and Percy Lubbock\u27s analysis of point of view, influenced Mikhail Bakhtin in the 1920s and later Franz K. Stanzel. Despite its pioneering role, it remained untranslated, which significantly limited its impact. The following pages provide the first Italian translation of the essay’s main theses, as condensed by Friedemann herself in her 1913 article “Der Erzähler in der epischen Dichtung” (“The Narrator in Epic Form”). The translation is preceded by an introduction tracking the intellectual path of the author, who grew up in an assimilated Jewish family in Berlin, was connected to Neo-Kantian circles, studied under Oskar F. Walzel in Bern and moved to Palestine in the early 1940s. Friedemann’s work, situated between the theory of the novel and narratology, represents an important voice in early 20th century literary theory, one that should be considered in its conversation with authors such as Wilhelm Dilthey or György Lukács. Furthermore, the article contributes to bringing to the fore theoretical nodes that are still under investigation today, first and foremost the problem of the narrator as a judging medium, and as such inevitably human
Energy Spent in Orientation: Yuri Tynianov’s Motor-Forces Approach to Rhythm
Full text linkThis article presents some synthetic reflections on the notion of rhythm developed in Yuri Tynianov’s The Problem of Verse Language (1924), with particular attention to the relationship between the conception of the work unity and its peculiar space-time configuration, the status of flow and energy, the role of reception, and the copresence of the motoric and the phenomenological approaches.This article presents some synthetic reflections on the notion of rhythm developed in Yuri Tynianov’s The Problem of Verse Language (1924), with particular attention to the relationship between the conception of the work unity and its peculiar space-time configuration, the status of flow and energy, the role of reception, and the copresence of the motoric and the phenomenological approaches