Soglie: I dintorni del testo

by Gérard Genette, Camilla Maria Cederna (Translator)

443 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Genette was largely responsible for the reintroduction of a rhetorical vocabulary into literary criticism, for example such terms as trope and metonymy. Additionally his work on narrative, best known in English through the selection Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method, has been of importance.[2] His major work is the multi-part Figures series, of which Narrative Discourse is a section. His trilogy on textual transcendence, which has also been quite influential, is composed of Introduction à l'architexte (1979), Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree (1982), and Paratexts. Thresholds of interpretation (1997).[3]
His international influence is not as great as that of some others identified with structuralism, such as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss; his work is more often included in selections or discussed in secondary works than studied in its own right. Terms and techniques originating in his vocabulary and systems have, however, become widespread, such as the term paratext for prefaces, introductions, illustrations or other material accompanying the text, or hypotext for the sources of the text.

Reviews

[Gerardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo giudico da quattro stelle, anziché cinque, perché è un testo specialistico, per l'esattezza un testo da consultazione. Solo un vero appassionato di critica letteraria potrebbe leggere 400 pagine sugli elementi ai quali un lettore normale non farebbe minimamente caso, come prefazioni o note.

La grandezza dello stile di Genette sta nell'inframezzare a schemi teorici (che tendono a mettere ordine, più che a definire o imprigionare)interessanti aneddoti sulla vita degli scrittori (soprattutto di area francese, per noi italiani vengono ripetuti esempi su Umberto Eco e il suo "Il nome della rosa").

[icaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fondamentale. Genette è, nella critica letteraria, il corrispettivo di Georges Perec nella letteratura. Provare per credere.