Unidentified narrative objects and the new Italian epic:

The 21st century has seen a surge of popularity in texts that cross the borders between styles, genres and media, between real-life events and imagined ones, so that these texts are difficult to categorise or sometimes to distinguish as fiction or nonfiction. They might be called ‘unidentified narra...

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Main Author: Willman, Kate Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Legenda 2019
Series:Italian perspectives 42
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Summary:The 21st century has seen a surge of popularity in texts that cross the borders between styles, genres and media, between real-life events and imagined ones, so that these texts are difficult to categorise or sometimes to distinguish as fiction or nonfiction. They might be called ‘unidentified narrative objects’, a term coined by the Italian writer Wu Ming 1 when discussing Italian literature after 2000 in his Memorandum on the New Italian Epic, whose writers have a common belief in the power of literature to effect change in society by depicting and re-assessing the past and present. Through analysing a number of recent Italian unidentified narrative objects, this study explores the potential of this experimental approach to the novel form.
Item Description:Impressum: "Published by Legenda, an imprint of the Modern Humanities Research Association ..."
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [153]-166
Physical Description:170 Seiten 26 cm
ISBN:9781781888193
9781781888209

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