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Da un metagrido a un grido. Un esempio di riscrittura nell'opera di Erri De Luca

Cariboni Killander, Carla LU (2012) In Revue Romane 47(1). p.131-143
Abstract
The article focuses on a case of rewriting of a short episode in the narrative of Erri De Luca. It is all about a cry: in 1930, in the harbour of Naples, an anonymous woman who is watching the departure of a ship suddenly cries out the name of Salvatore, probably her son being on the ship to emigrate to America. This episode, narrated in the tale “Udito: un grido” first published 1993, returns with striking lexical similarities in the drama L’Ultimo viaggio di Sindbad, 2003. Despite the similarities, one can not consider the second occurrence as a mere copy of the first, because of subtle variations on many levels: change of genre, narrator and perspective give the second occurrence of the cry episode a wider significance, strongly... (More)
The article focuses on a case of rewriting of a short episode in the narrative of Erri De Luca. It is all about a cry: in 1930, in the harbour of Naples, an anonymous woman who is watching the departure of a ship suddenly cries out the name of Salvatore, probably her son being on the ship to emigrate to America. This episode, narrated in the tale “Udito: un grido” first published 1993, returns with striking lexical similarities in the drama L’Ultimo viaggio di Sindbad, 2003. Despite the similarities, one can not consider the second occurrence as a mere copy of the first, because of subtle variations on many levels: change of genre, narrator and perspective give the second occurrence of the cry episode a wider significance, strongly emphazising orality and actualizing a mythical dimension. (Less)
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hypertextuality, Erri De Luca, rewriting, textual transfer
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Revue Romane
volume
47
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1
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131 - 143
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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  • wos:000305208300007
  • scopus:84862621926
ISSN
0035-3906
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Italian
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  publisher    = {{John Benjamins Publishing Company}},
  series       = {{Revue Romane}},
  title        = {{Da un metagrido a un grido. Un esempio di riscrittura nell'opera di Erri De Luca}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2276347/2969120.pdf}},
  volume       = {{47}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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