Books, letters, inscriptions and wills: Magic and dangers of writing in the collections of Sicilian folk tales of the nineteenth century

  • Marina Sanfilippo Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cfit.67487
Keywords: Folk tales, orality vs writing, writing perception, Tommaso Cannizzaro, Laura Gonzenbach, Cristoforo Grisanti, Giuseppe Pitrè

Abstract

The present paper analyses the multiform presence of elements and references to the world of writing in Sicilian oral tales collected between the second half of the 19th century and the very first years of the 20th, with the twofold aim of, firstly, underlining the complex relationship between orality and writing and, secondly, understanding the functions and characteristics attributed to writing by popular culture and its interpreters, at least in the context that has been examined in this research.

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Marina Sanfilippo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Profesora Contratada Doctora, Filologías Extranjeras y sus Lingüísticas

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Published
2020-07-07
How to Cite
Sanfilippo M. (2020). Books, letters, inscriptions and wills: Magic and dangers of writing in the collections of Sicilian folk tales of the nineteenth century. Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, 27, 199-219. https://doi.org/10.5209/cfit.67487
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Vol. 27 (2020)
Section
Literary and Cultural Studies

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