Mapping Romanzo Criminale. An Epic Narrative Ecosystem?

Authors

  • Marta Boni

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/5116

Keywords:

Romanzo Criminale, complexity, distant reading, semiosphere, Epos, fandom

Abstract

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 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.

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Published

2015-05-14

How to Cite

Boni, M. (2015). Mapping Romanzo Criminale. An Epic Narrative Ecosystem?. Series - International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, 1(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/5116

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Geografica