Orality and Literacy in Modern Italian Culture

Michael Caesar, Marina Spunta

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Legenda
01 March 2006

Dance & Performing arts; Literary studies: general; Communication studies; Cultural studies

This book lays more emphasis on orality as source, as process or performance, as outcome. It looks at the primacy of the spoken language that seems to be the main common feature to these two phenomena of Italian theatrical culture.

By: Michael Caesar
Edited by: Marina Spunta
Imprint: Legenda
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781904350736
ISBN 10: 1904350739
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 01 March 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Caesar

Reviews for Orality and Literacy in Modern Italian Culture

Other strands link the twelve essays: one centres on the idea that 'voice' is something vulnerable and short-lived, while another focuses on the 'hierarchy' implicit in the relationship between orality and literacy. Both are demonstrated, for instance, when 'folk', 'women's' and 'youth' cultures are 'textualised' and thus potentially destroyed, rather than preserved, in writing, leading to the hypothesis that 'orality' is, essentially, irreproducible as 'literacy'. -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Forum for Modern Language Studies