italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
In regards to the AAIS 2005 conferece (April 14 to 17, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina) - The following 3 sessions are still open:
3. Anxiety of Form in Contemporary Italian Fiction
In a contemporary context, many Italian writers have distanced
themselves from traditional realistic or naturalistic narrative
tending towards self-reflexive and disruptive strategies often with
outlandish results. The purpose of this panel is to showcase some
examples of these contemporary writers and to assess to what extent
their literary trajectory may be linked to a long-standing "anxiety of
form" that has permeated both late modernist, neovanguardist and
postmodernists.
Session Organizer:
Rita Gagliano
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
Department of Romance Languages
1233-University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1233
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Tel: (541) 346-5806
Fax: (541) 346-4030
4. The Detective and Her/His World
Since its inception the giallo has been the dark mirror of a diseased
society. Often denigrated as a second-class literature or viewed as an
insidious threat, the giallo has been a strongly represented genre in
Italian literature and continues to flourish through the work of
contemporary writers. The purpose of this panel is to take a look at
some of the writings of Italian giallisti of the latter part of this
century with a particular focus on the relationship between the
detective and her/his socio-cultural milieu, and to asses to what
extent the relationship between the subject and her/his environment is
successfully negotiated through the detection central to each
narrative.
Session Organizer:
Rita Gagliano
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
Department of Romance Languages
1233-University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1233
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Tel: (541) 346-5806
Fax: (541) 346-4030
5. Italo Calvino and Hypertext
Celebrated Italian writer Italo Calvino has referred to many of his
novels as Hypernovels, alternatively referring to them as literary
machines or a labyrinths. The hypertext, in its dispersal of narrative
structure and its heterogeneous and — it could be argued — its
non-literary character, becomes a central figure Calvino's fictional
and theoretical oeuvre since the mid 60s. The purpose of this panel is
to examine the importance of this figure in the articulation of Italo
Calvino's original literary project, and/or its constitutive role in
the author's fiction.
Session Organizer:
Rita Gagliano
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
Department of Romance Languages
1233-University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1233
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Tel: (541) 346-5806
Fax: (541) 346-4030
If anyone is interested in participating please contact me or send a
300/400 words abstract with tentative bibliograhy by Nov 15 at the
following address:
Rita Gagliano
Visiting Assistant Professor
Dept. of Romance Languages
1233-University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1233
Phone: 541-346-5806
Fax: 541-346-4030
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