Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming

This essay analyses the narrative strategies through which cultural memory is portrayed in 54, a novel in which Wu Ming (a collective of four Italian fiction writers) suggests a literary mapping of the Fifties. This is obtained by a recovery of a shared imaginary tradition which is close to the read...

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Main Author: Matteo Martelli
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Language:English
Published: Urbino University Press 2015-02-01
Series:Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/654
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description This essay analyses the narrative strategies through which cultural memory is portrayed in 54, a novel in which Wu Ming (a collective of four Italian fiction writers) suggests a literary mapping of the Fifties. This is obtained by a recovery of a shared imaginary tradition which is close to the reader, mixing fictional and historical characters, films, books, different genres of popular literature. Nevertheless, the rewriting of these imaginary traditions involves their displacement, a presentation which is constantly created from an unusual point of view. Thus, shifting the image of what is already known, the text inquires into several modalities of a questioning about cultural memory and its redefinition in relation to contemporary culture. By focusing on these elements, this study proposes an analysis which starts from the construction of the characters, the role of suspense and the adoption of multiple traditions of novel writing.
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spelling doaj.art-0a8bfb0f5b504a11b01ff53c0f25fe5c2024-04-28T11:12:38ZengUrbino University PressLinguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne2281-89521724-86982015-02-01132375410.7358/ling-2014-002-mart654Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu MingMatteo Martelli0Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo BoThis essay analyses the narrative strategies through which cultural memory is portrayed in 54, a novel in which Wu Ming (a collective of four Italian fiction writers) suggests a literary mapping of the Fifties. This is obtained by a recovery of a shared imaginary tradition which is close to the reader, mixing fictional and historical characters, films, books, different genres of popular literature. Nevertheless, the rewriting of these imaginary traditions involves their displacement, a presentation which is constantly created from an unusual point of view. Thus, shifting the image of what is already known, the text inquires into several modalities of a questioning about cultural memory and its redefinition in relation to contemporary culture. By focusing on these elements, this study proposes an analysis which starts from the construction of the characters, the role of suspense and the adoption of multiple traditions of novel writing.http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/654Italian Literature, Contemporary Novel, Narrative Strategies, Cultural Memory, Wu Ming.
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Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming
Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne
Italian Literature, Contemporary Novel, Narrative Strategies, Cultural Memory, Wu Ming.
title Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming
title_full Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming
title_fullStr Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming
title_full_unstemmed Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming
title_short Un imaginaire dévoilé/déphasé. Stratégies narratives et mémoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des Wu Ming
title_sort un imaginaire devoile dephase strategies narratives et memoire culturelle dans le roman 54 des wu ming
topic Italian Literature, Contemporary Novel, Narrative Strategies, Cultural Memory, Wu Ming.
url http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/654
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