Di bocca in bocca: pettegolezzi, dicerie, calunnie nella rappresentazione letteraria

Authors

  • Stefania Sini Università del Piemonte Orientale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2240-5380/1.2011.701

Abstract

Gossip, rumor and slander are ‘primary discourse genres’ (Bakhtin) characterized by a diegetic structure, a hybrid ontology and a powerful performative value. They are short stories with a particularly strong impact on the transformation of people’s lives and identities. Between the innocent chatter and the murderous slander, we see a colorful spectrum of socially marked speech acts, constitutively suspended between the public and the private domain, psychologically contagious, and narratively marked by different degrees of fictionality. Tracing the transformation from ‘primary’ into ‘secondary discourse genres’, my paper examines and compares some examples of dramatic and narrative representation of gossip, rumor and slander as plotswitching devices, considering their effects on the characters’ evolution.

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Published

2020-10-24

Issue

Vol. 1 (2011): Performance e Performatività

Section

Atti del Convegno “Compalit 2010 – Performance e Performatività”

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Di bocca in bocca: pettegolezzi, dicerie, calunnie nella rappresentazione letteraria. (2020). Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies, 1, 701. https://doi.org/10.6092/2240-5380/1.2011.701