10.6092/2037-2426/2704
Ovan, Sabrina
Sabrina
Ovan
Names, Travelers, Transindividuality: Italo Calvino in the 1970s
Università degli Studi di Milano
2012
Article
2012-12-26
2012-12-26
2012-12-26
2012-12-31
en
16-413-2704
409-424 Paginazione
ENTHYMEMA, N° 7 (2012)
Situating the novel within the cultural, literary and political milieu of the period, this article provides a reading of Italo Calvino‟s 1979 hypernovel If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler and its relation to the French literary group Oulipo. It analyzes the work‟s link to questions of authorship and collectivity at the core of 1970s literary, philosophical, and political discourse both in Italy and France. In particular, the analysis concentrates on the function of names in the novel as signifiers of individuality and/or collectivity
ENTHYMEMA, N° 7 (2012)