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DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
'Risolini... sogghigni... cachinni...
scoppi di riso convulso... risate a gola spiegata...
risate a crepapelle... risate omeriche'.
(Italo Calvino, 'La filosofia di Raymond Queneau')
SENSES OF HUMOUR
ONE-DAY COLLOQUIUM
18 March 2000
>From 'umorismo' to humour, from satire to slapstick, from wit to the
grotesque, from punning to parody: this one-day graduate colloquium will
discuss the multi-faceted nature and uses of laughter in Italian
literature, art, media and film. Papers will be presented on Eco, Fo,
Benni, Montale, Levi, Calvino and many others.
Guest speaker Dr Margaret Rose (Clare Hall, Cambridge) speaking on parody.
With the participation of Mirna Cicioni and Ed Emery.
Conference fee £12 (£8 students) including lunch.
Venue: Leckhampton, Grange Road, Cambridge (opposite Selwyn College)
Interested postgraduates or others should contact Catherine O'Rawe
([log in to unmask]) or Antonella Gramone ([log in to unmask]) or look on our
website at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/italian for registration form and
further details.
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Catherine O'Rawe
Robinson College
Cambridge
CB3 9AN
(01223) 339224
Mobile:07715 174965
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