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A New Perspective for the Italian Novel: Collective Writing in the Digital Age

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

7:00 pm - Althouse Hall, G08

From the ghostwriters working for Alexandre Dumas père to Hollywood studios, via Surrealists' Cadavre exquis, a significant tradition of collective writing has accompanied the progress of modern fiction. After the success of group authors like Wu Ming and Kai Zen, collective writing has played an important role in the development of the contemporary Italian novel. Scrittura Industriale Collecttiva (Collective Industrial Writing) builds on this tradition by elaborating a method (SIC method) for the collective writing of fictional texts in the digital age. The most important result of the SIC method is the Grande Romanzo Aperto, an open historical novel written by one hundred writers coordinated through the website of Scrittura Industriale Collettiva. From theoretical, aesthetic, and legal points of view, investigating the present situation of collective writing leads to the discussion of crucial issues for the development of the twenty-first century novel.

Guest Speaker: Marco Codebò

Long Island University

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Facultea with Tullio Pagano

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"A Walk through the Italian Apennines (How a Book was Born and What's Inside It.)"

Author: Tullio Pagano, Associate Professor of Italian

Lecture/Discussion

Biblio Cafe (Waidner-Spahr Library)

4:30pm Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Follow me in a walk through space and time in the Italian Apennines. Discover a civilization that no longer exists and admire breathtaking scenerys tourists will never see. I will tell the story of how my latest book originated. Everything started with a visit to the cemetery of the small village where my father was born, followed by a long walk through the mountains accompanied by one of the last residents of the hamlet of Cisiano.

All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

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