Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty

«What was Italian exceptionalism and how did it come about?». For Ronald Witt, answering this question requires a comprehensive, structural overview of an entire cultural system. In this section, I will briefly touch on some of the key-points of Witt’s interpretative pa...

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Main Author: Vera Fravventura
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Language:English
Published: Viella Editrice 2019-05-01
Series:Storicamente
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Online Access:http://storicamente.org/fravventura-narrative-telos
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description «What was Italian exceptionalism and how did it come about?». For Ronald Witt, answering this question requires a comprehensive, structural overview of an entire cultural system. In this section, I will briefly touch on some of the key-points of Witt’s interpretative paradigm, which entails some specific (albeit not always explicit) conceptualization of notions such as ‘literature’, ‘creativity’, ‘innovation’, as well as an implicit focus on Renaissance humanism as the final cause of a coherent teleological pattern
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spelling doaj.art-bbed9a1c61774aa98fcd5c32ca9dc2862023-08-02T04:31:28ZengViella EditriceStoricamente1825-411X2019-05-0114110.12977/stor743Narrative Telos and the Great BeautyVera Fravventura0Univ. Milano, Dipartimento di Studi letterari, filologici e linguistici, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy«What was Italian exceptionalism and how did it come about?». For Ronald Witt, answering this question requires a comprehensive, structural overview of an entire cultural system. In this section, I will briefly touch on some of the key-points of Witt’s interpretative paradigm, which entails some specific (albeit not always explicit) conceptualization of notions such as ‘literature’, ‘creativity’, ‘innovation’, as well as an implicit focus on Renaissance humanism as the final cause of a coherent teleological patternhttp://storicamente.org/fravventura-narrative-teloshistoryronald wittrenaissancehumanismmedieval kingdomitalylatin cultureregnum italicum
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Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty
Storicamente
history
ronald witt
renaissance
humanism
medieval kingdom
italy
latin culture
regnum italicum
title Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty
title_full Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty
title_fullStr Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty
title_full_unstemmed Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty
title_short Narrative Telos and the Great Beauty
title_sort narrative telos and the great beauty
topic history
ronald witt
renaissance
humanism
medieval kingdom
italy
latin culture
regnum italicum
url http://storicamente.org/fravventura-narrative-telos
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