Mapping Romanzo Criminale : an epic narrative ecosystem?
Article [Accepted Manuscript]
Abstract(s)
Romanzo Criminale is one of the few recent Italian media
products that has emerged as a societal phenomenon and
as a vehicle for the exportation of a national culture. It is a
complex narrative which extends in time and space due to its
various adaptations and intermedial crossovers. Following the
path of complexity, drawing on Edgar Morin’s work, Romanzo
Criminale will be thought of as a complex system. As precedent
studies on the intertwining of official and grassroots
discourses show, Romanzo Criminale becomes a complex
world, with its boundaries and internal organization. This
paper will show that Romanzo Criminale can be studied as
MAPPING
ROMANZO
CRIMINALE.
AN EPIC
NARRATIVE
ECOSYSTEM?
MARTA B O N I
a semiosphere (Lotman 2005), or a semiotic space defined by
and which encourages the intertwining of texts and audience
appropriations, creating an epic process. Some methodological
perspectives used for mapping this phenomenon will be
discussed, namely Franco Moretti’s distant reading.