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The “Origin Story” is the Only Story: Seriality and Temporality in Superhero Fiction from Comics to Post-Television
No full textThe article offers a theoretical and historical account of the serialisation of film and television adaptation of the superhero genre
A.J. Raffles and Arsène Lupin in Literature, Theatre, and Film: On The Transnational Adaptations of Popular Fiction (1905-1930)
No full textAs a consequence of the accelerating technological development and the impact of cultural globalisation, the transnational aspects of the process of adaptation have become increasingly crucial in recent years. To go back to the very beginnings of the twentieth century and research the historical connections between popular literature, theatre, and film can shed greater light on the origins of these phenomena. By focusing on two case studies from turn-of-the-century crime fiction, this paper examines the extent to which practices of serialisation, translation, and adaptation of literary works contributed to the formation of a transnational market for popular culture. Ernest W. Hornung’s A. J. Raffles and Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin were the heroes of two crime series that were immediately translated, imitated, and adapted into countless theatrical plays and films all over the world. Given the resemblance between the two characters, the two franchises frequently ended by overlapping. Their ability to move from a medium to another as well as from a country to another was the result of the logic of ‘recycling, remaking, retelling’ (Brian Naremore) that guides not only the process of adaptation but also the creation of any work of popular culture
How different human muscle models affect the estimation of lower limb joint stiffness during running
No full textThe dynamics of muscle force generation is directly related
to the movement dynamics of the skeletal system. Thus, modelling muscle dynamics is important to fully understand the control of movement
in humans. Abnormal movements caused by neuromuscular diseases such
as stroke, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis to name a few have all
in common the presence of some abnormal muscle tone. Muscle tone can
be effectively represented via short-range stiffness. Since stiffness is difficult to measure in real time, it is convenient to use numerical models to
assess muscle stiffness as function of muscle dynamics. In this work, two
different implementations of the Hill-type muscle model are considered
to estimate the lower limb joint stiffness during running. The obtained
results are discussed to evaluate how the choices of muscle models affect the estimation of lower limb joint stiffness. We found that stiffness
estimates are strongly dependent on the adopted muscle model. We observed different magnitude and timing of the estimated stiffness time
profile with respect to each gait phase, as function of the model used.
Furthermore, the two models produced substantially different joint stiffness time profiles for the ankle joint
From Frank Miller to Zack Snyder, and Return: Contemporary Superhero Comics and Post-Classical Hollywood
Full text linkFilm adaptations of superhero comic-books offer a particularly rich case study to analyse narrative strategies of contemporary Hollywood cinema. The serial structures adopted by the comics they are based on, as well as their use of the spectacular potential of the image, provide a successful model for current audiovisual productions. Without completely abandoning classical techniques, these adaptations try to find a new balance between narrative and digital phantasmagoria. This paper discusses some significant examples of this genre, including adaptations of classical DC and Marvel franchises and more recent series, as well as other comic-book influenced films such as The Matrix and Unbreakable
L’anno del contagio. La crisi economica e il filone fantascientifico-catastrofico
Full text linkL'articolo analizza alcuni film americani del 2011 come rappresentazione della crisi economica
Before the “Comics:” On the Seriality of Graphic Narratives during the Nineteenth Century
No full textWhile the connection between seriality and comics in the twentieth century has frequently been a subject of study, far less attention has been paid to the role of serialisation in the previous century, when the language of comics gradually developed in the illustrated and satirical press. This article discusses a heterogeneous group of graphic narratives published in various European countries between the 1830s and the 1880s, before a new generation of comic magazines influenced by American newspaper strips transformed this emerging field into the autonomous medium of comics. Serial works flourished during this period and included diverse modes, such as series of “graphic novels,” the use of recurring characters, the serialisation of picture stories in humour periodicals, and the use of graphic narratives as a regular feature in the illustrated news magazines. By providing a panoramic survey of various types of serial texts, the article suggests that the hybrid nature of these graphic narratives and the publishing strategies applied to them can be better understood if considered in relation to the larger context of nineteenth-century print culture, rather than in comparison with the future of the medium
Space as History: Watchmen and the Urban Imagery of Superhero Comics
Full text linkL'articolo analizza la rappresentazione dello spazio urbano nel graphic novel "Watchmen" Di Alan Moore and Dvve Gibbons e nel suo adattamento cinematogratico diretto da Zack Snyder
Cannibale, Frigidaire, and the Multitude: Post-1977 Italian Comics through Radical Theory
No full textA direct connection between comics and contemporary critical theory is to be found in the activity of the collective of artists who created "Cannibale" and "Frigidaire", the two most innovative Italian comics magazines of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The work of Andrea Pazienza, Filippo Scòzzari, Stefano Tamburini, Tanino Liberatore and Massimo Mattioli should be regarded as an expression of the radical movements from which Marxist Autonomist thinkers such as Antonio Negri, Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi and Paolo Virno also emerged in the same period. As a consequence, the writings of the latter can be used to analyse the narrative and visual style, the recurring themes, and the editorial characteristics of the comics of the former. Moreover, an interesting parallel can also be drawn between the work of the most influential of these artists, Andrea Pazienza, and the thought of another prominent Italian philosopher, Giorgio Agamben, whose earliest books were published at that time too. The aim of this article is to show that the ideas of a number of the thinkers who have recently become internationally known as representatives of radical Italian theory, are useful to understand the work of this group of comics authors
Transnational connections in European crime film series (1908–1914)
No full textThis article addresses the issue of ‘European popular cinema’ by discussing a very specific phenomenon, i.e. the crime series produced in the years immediately preceding World War I (e.g. Victorin Jasset’s Nick Carter, Viggo Larsen’s Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock, Ubaldo Maria del Colle’s Raffles, il ladro misterioso, Louis Feuillade’s Fantômas, George Pearson’s Ultus). On the one hand, the transnational circulation of these films is seen as the result of the development of the European cultural industries since the late nineteenth century; on the other hand, the rapid decline of this genre testifies of the historical peculiarity of this production. In particular, the popular heroic figure of the ‘gentleman thief’ seems to express at the same time the liberating, anti-hierarchial ethos of modernization and the dream of a quiet conciliation of the new and the traditional values: as a consequence, it might be regarded as a telling example of the economical, social and ideological transformations of that crucial phase in European history, when the development of the second industrial revolution and the first phase of ‘globalization’ pointed at the birth of a supranational sphere before the outbreak of World War I, which would temporarily stop this process
Dal giallo al crime. Glocalismo, transculturalità e transmedialità nel poliziesco italiano contemporaneo
Full text linkFrom Inspector Montalbano (RAI 1, 1999- ) to Gomorra (Sky, 2014- ), from Rocco Schiavone (RAI 2, 2016- ) to Suburra (Netflix, 2016- ), crime series are among the Italian TV shows that have enjoyed vey wide trasnational distribution in the past few years. This paper looks at this phenomenon, building on studies of crime fiction as a transmedia genre which has proven perfectly suited to conveying glocal processes and transcultural experiences shaping contemporary societies on a global level. In particular, the article argues that to understand better the international appeal of the most successful Italian crime shows it is important to take into consideration the development of Italian literary crime narratives since the 1990s, as well as their relationship to major transnational trends such regional crime fiction and, particularly, “Mediterranean noir.
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