118 research outputs found
Enumerazioni sbagliate e formule sanzionatorie: uno stereotipo scolastico da Gadda a Petronio
No full textAbstract: In un abbozzo del "San Giorgio in casa Brocchi" di Gadda un personaggio ironizza sull’argumentum iniziale del De officiis utilizzando una sorta di ritornello infantile, diffuso, in diverse varianti, nella scuola e nel catechismo italiano a partire almeno dall’ultimo quarto dell’Ottocento. La struttura di questa formula consiste in un palese errore di enumerazione dato dal premettere il numero di una serie di elementi a cui segue un elenco di numero diverso (sia per difetto che per eccesso) rispetto all’enunciato. L’errata enumerazione può dipendere da un errore di memoria o dall’abitudine a organizzare gli argomenti per strutture fisse, generalmente di gruppi di tre, ma può essere anche una forma retorica più complessa, di matrice aristotelica, che deliberatamente annuncia tre argomenti e poi ne aggiunge un quarto per metterlo in rilievo rispetto agli altri. In qualche caso (Petron. Satyr. 48, 4) un’enumerazione sbagliata ha indotto gli editori a correggere il testo e a normalizzare le cifre, cancellando l’effetto comico di quello che appare come un eterno luogo comune legato al mondo della scuola e all’apprendimento mnemonico di liste.
Abstract: In C. E. Gadda's San Giorgio in casa Brocchi the opening argument of Cicero's De officiis is mockingly related to a refrain usually sung by Italian children since the late 19th century, not only in kindergarten and school but also in catechism class. In all its different versions, the refrain entails a patent violation of the very enumeration it introduces, failing to list as many items as it promises – not just by not including some of them, but also by adding some others. The incorrect enumeration may stem, among other things, from specific patterns of rhetorical argument, which may be traced back to Aristotle; these patterns intentionally violate their own tripartite structure by introducing a fourth and unexpected argument for the sake of rhetorical effect. Sometimes (e.g., Petron., Satyr. 48, 4) a seemingly defective enumeration has led the critical editors to change the text and correct the numbers, thereby effacing the comical effect intended by the author
La fine del mondo contadino nel racconto dei protagonisti: forme eterodosse di letteratura testimoniale
No full textLa fine della civiltà contadina, avvenuta bruscamente in Italia a partire dal secondo dopoguerra, ha prodotto nei decenni successivi la fioritura di una memorialistica di gente comune che, a distanza di tempo, ha avvertito l’urgenza di raccontare il proprio passato dando finalmente voce a un mondo che per secoli, a causa del proprio analfabetismo, non aveva prodotto nulla di scritto. Questo tipo di memorialistica popolare o semi-popolare a seconda del livello di istruzione degli autori, conservata in registrazioni, manoscritti,
dattiloscritti o pubblicazioni private, costituisce un importante serbatoio di informazioni per la comprensione di un passaggio storico cruciale e per lo studio della mentalità di un gruppo sociale subalterno che era sempre stato osservato e raccontato dall’esterno. Cercando con pazienza in questa ricca produzione si possono individuare testi non solo interessanti, ma anche originali ed efficaci da un punto di vista letterario: è il caso di "Gente del Mugello" di Wilma Tognarelli, una donna che dopo l’infanzia contadina è stata operaia
per trentacinque anni in una fabbrica tessile di Prato e ha voluto raccontare la sua storia e quella della sua famiglia.Following the dramatic end of rural civilization, in postwar Italy a new literary (albeit nonfictional) genre became prominent, namely the memoirs of ordinary people who felt the urge to recount their past, finally giving voice to a world that had left virtually no written record because of the pervasive illiteracy that had afflicted it. These memoirs, whose degree of plainness and lack of sophistication varies according to the level of education received by their authors, have been handed down in different ways (e.g. audio recording,
manuscript or typescript text, private publication). They are a most valuable source for a better understanding of a momentous transition in Italian history, particularly with regard to the mentality of subordinate groups that had otherwise been portrayed only from the outside. Within such extensive body of work one can find texts there are not just interesting but deeply original and even remarkable from a literary point of view, as is the case of Gente del Mugello (People of Mugello). The author, Wilma Tognarelli, after a childhood
spent in a typically rural environment and thirty-five years as a worker in a textile factory in Prato, embarked on the project of telling the story of her life and of her family
Il passato tra condanna della memoria e desiderio di riconciliazione. Paradossi ironici e malinconia in 'Der Verlorene' (Il fratello perduto, 1998) di Hans-Ulrich Treichel
No full textIn his lessons on poetics, Hans-Ulrich Treichel underscored the close connection between his writing and the theme of memory, speaking both of the absence, triggered by a traumatic experience, of a communicative memory within his family and of the repercussions of this absence on his writing. Following the pathway marked out by Treichel, critics and scholars have put forward mainly thematic readings of the short novel Der Verlorene (1998), duly foregrounding nevertheless its historical and autobiographical underpinning. Treichel seems partly to answer these readings in his novels Menschenflug (2005) and in Anatolin (2008), which, together with Der Verlorene, form an actual trilogy dedicated to his lost brother and characterised by an extremely close association of life and fiction. This essay takes up the critical results achieved so far but moves beyond a thematic approach to the novel: by also taking into consideration other works by Treichel, a purely literary analysis of the text is proposed here, aimed in particular at investigating the writing strategies through which the author combines irony and detachment with melancholy and desperation. This line of inquiry is especially fruitful in revealing the special character of this novel within the wider context of contemporary literature of memory, and at the same time it represents a fresh contribution to a poetological analysis of memory in literature
Riflessioni e ricordi a proposito della "Conversazione" di Antonio La Penna con Arnaldo Marcone
No full textLa lettura della Conversazione fra Antonio La Penna e Arnaldo Marcone offre all’autore di questo contributo l’occasione per un ricordo e un bilancio sul percorso intellettuale e umano del proprio maestro. Il volume offre infatti innumerevoli spunti di riflessione sulla biografia intellettuale di uno dei più grandi studiosi viventi dell’antichità classica, dalle origini, agli anni della formazione, alla brillante carriera accademica fino al rapporto con l’università e con il mondo della scuola: una vicenda che attraversa un periodo cruciale della storia d’Italia e ne rappresenta un esempio virtuoso e paradigmatico.As a former student of Antonio La Penna (who supervised his dissertation at the University of Florence), the author offers a reading of La Penna’s Conversazione with Arnaldo Marcone that integrates his own recollections with a reassessment of the intellectual biography of an outstanding scholar and teacher. Drawing on the wealth of information made available in "Io e l’antico", the paper focuses on a number of aspects and episodes from La Penna’s life and career, from his background and early education to his achievements as a classical scholar and his long association with the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and the University of Florence, without neglecting his contribution to the debate on public schools
Use of pharmacological treatments by a sample of Italian patients affected by alcohol use disorders
No full textTitle: USE OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENTS BY A SAMPLE OF ITALIAN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS
Author name(s): R. Agabio; E.M. Diana; D. Grazzini; R. Pirastu; G.L. Gessa
Institution: Department of Biochemical Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, Italy
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Background: It has often been reported that the majority of patients affected by Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) do not receive any pharmacological treatment. This study was aimed at investigating the use of the medications available in Italy (disulfiram, naltrexone, acamprosate, and γ-hydroxybutyric acid) by a sample of outpatients affected by AUDs.
Methods: Four trained psychologists interviewed outpatients affected by AUDs in an area of Sardinia, Italy, of approximately 550.000 adult inhabitants.
Results: A total sample of 208 outpatients affected by AUDs was interviewed (~1/3 of total outpatients affected by AUDs of that area). Their main features were: 166 males (79.5%); mean age=48.6±0.6 year; duration of AUDs=15.8±0.7 years; number of drinks per drinking days=19.4±1.3; number of criteria of DSM-IV-Tr=5.8±0.1. Before the admission into specific services, 13 patients (6.2%) had already received medication for AUDs; 7 patients (3.4%) had received disulfiram and 6 patients (2.9%) γ-hydroxybutyric acid. Over the same period, 22 patients (10.6%) had already attended self-help groups and 4 patients (1.9%) had received thiamine (Vitamine B1). After the admission into specific medical settings for the treatment of AUDs, 113 patients (54.3%) received medication for AUDs: 58 patients (27.9%) received disulfiram, 65 patients (31.2%) γ-hydroxybutyric acid, 2 patients (1.0%) naltrexone, and 6 patients (2.9%) acamprosate. In the same period, 54 patients (26.0%) frequented self-help associations, and 21 patients (10.1%) received thiamine.
Conclusions: The results of this study confirm that the number of patients who receive a treatment for AUDs continues to be surprisingly low. Despite the long duration and the high level of severity of the AUDs, the majority of patients affected by AUDs did not receive any treatment before their admission in specific medical settings for the treatment of AUDs (10% of patients frequented self-help groups, 6% received a medication for AUDs, and 2% thiamine). After the admission into specific medical settings, the number of patients who received a treatment increased: 26% frequented self-help associations, 54% received a specific medication, and 10% received thiamine. However, approximately half of the patients did not receive any pharmacological treatment even if they frequented medical settings for the treatment of AUDs. Additional work is needed to understand the reasons of such a scarce use of treatments.
Acknowledgements: This study was supported by a grant from Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Letter: Total body photography versus digital dermoscopic follow-up in the diagnosis of pigmented lesions
No full textTotal body photography on melanocytic lesions is an helpful tool when used in selected patients or in combination with digital dermoscopy and real-time dermoscopic evaluation
Ritorno all'Egitto. L'Ebreo errante nel Manoscritto trovato a Saragozza di Jan Potocki
No full textTo better understand the meaning of the Wandering Jew as one of the characters of
Potocki’s seminal novel Manuscript found in Saragossa it is necessary to be aware of
the huge progress Potocki’s studies have done during the last twenty years. The critical edition of the three redactions of the novel has shown that the Wandering Jew
has eventually disappeared from the last version of 1810. The question how it is so
must remain open since no information from the author has survived. After reporting the state of research, the author suggests some more possible reasons and tries to
establish the role of this being one of the first literary appearances of the Wandering
Jew in literature in the context of the contemporary debate about the Egyptian origin of Jewish laws. Oddly enough, Potocki has chosen not to develop the story of
the Wandering Jew after his encounter with Jesus, but to recreate the vicissitudes of
his family until the third generation back. Also noteworthy is the fact that he is a
Hellenising Jew from Alexandria. In fact, the recourse to Egypt in the 18th century
is always an argument for natural religion. Further, the article explores possible connections with contemporary German spinozism and freemasonry
Seborrheic keratosis of the vulva clinically mimicking a genital wart: A case study
No full textSeborrheic keratosis (SK) is the most common skin tumor seen by dermatologists.However, cases of atypical locations, such as mucosal, conjunctival and ungueal areas, have been described. We report an unusual case of SK arising in the vulvar mucosa clinically mimicking a pigmented condylomatous lesion
Stakeholder engagement in green place branding:a focus on user-generated content
No full textThe purpose of this research is to investigate how the green image of a city can affect potential visitors' attitude toward the city in the context of user‐generated content. The study adopts a 2 × 2 experimental design in which the greenness of the city image and the social distance between the users and the authors of social media content are examined. The results demonstrate that green image has a significant effect on attitudes toward cities. Moreover, the effects of social media content vary according to the perceived social distance between the author of the post and potential visitors. This study contributes to the literature by assessing the role that social media content plays in place branding and communication. Furthermore, it provides relevant insights on how institutions should enhance the sustainable resources of cities with their environmental policy and encourage the generation of content from various stakeholders to contribute to the development of a city's image
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