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G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion. An Introduction
No full textStarting from a presentation of English theatre before G. B. Shaw, London intellectual and ideological background, Shaw's relation to Ibsen and his support to the women's liberation movement, this study analyses his theatre production covering the years 1890-1950, and examines the play Pygmalion paying attention to themes and characters, dramatic structure and style
William Shakespeare e il senso del comico. La commedia come terreno di sperimentazione
No full textLa difficoltà di definire il genere commedia deriva dalla sua complessità
come specchio della vita in tutte le sue sfaccettature e ambiguità. La
commedia, peraltro, sembra prestarsi più degli altri generi alle tante possibilità
della sperimentazione teatrale shakespeariana, nella ricerca inesauribile
di nuovi linguaggi e di nuove modalità che si realizzano attraverso
l’adozione di forme diverse nella strutturazione del discorso teatrale, nelle
tante soluzioni di apertura e di chiusura delle commedie, nella funzione determinante
dei luoghi, nei personaggi dall’evoluzione mai scontata e fissa
(in contrasto con i modelli classici della commedia latina e italiana), nel
riflettere il disagio profondo dell’uomo del tempo attraverso la rappresentazione
del problema dell’identità, delle difficoltà dei rapporti interpersonali
e di temi politici e sociali di grande impatto (giustizia, razza, religione, colonialismo).
Insomma, il comico in Shakespeare, con le sue note a volte tragicamente
amare e ambigue così strettamente intrecciate alla leggerezza e
al sorriso propri del genere commedia, si pone come strumento di riflessione
critica nei contenuti e grande momento di sperimentazione nella forma
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Erotic Images and Structures of Feeling
No full text1. The book of life D. H.Lawrence’s name is not always easily recognised, at least outside Great Britain, unless specifically mentioned as the author of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Indeed, although Lawrence is undoubtedly one of the greatest artists and novelists of the twentieth century, his true popularity depends above all on one single novel, and not for its artistic qualities, but rather for its erotic contents. Which is certainly not what he aimed at, considering how strongly he believed i..
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Close Encounters: D. H. Lawrence and Italy between past and present
No full textThe present study examines the progressive formation of Lawrence’s artistic views also as a result of his travelling and coming into contact with different worlds and cultures; on the other hand, his widely dualistic frame of mind made him particularly open to call into question established principles and conventions, confronting himself with diverse realities and experiencing other cultures and different perspectives. This continuous quest and search for ideal, natural worlds different from England made him a worldwide traveller; in particular, the contact with Italy, the Mediterranean and the ancient Etruscan region in central Italy seems to inspire his art and help him define his ideology and world view. Indeed, Italy seems to Lawrence an unspoilt, vital country whose cultures (past and present) suggested possible answers to his “modernist” quest for a revitalised world
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