Italian Literary Journalism: A Difficult Codification Between War, Fascism, and Democracy
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Federico Casari [1]
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[1] University of Newcastle
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- Localización: The Routledge Companion to World Literary Journalism / John S. Bak (ed. lit.), Bill Reynolds (ed. lit.), 2023, ISBN 978-0-367-35524-1, págs. 373-383
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The chapter provides the theoretical groundwork and historical background for the characterization of Italian literary journalism since its beginnings in the 1920s. Literary journalism in Italy has made an extensive contribution to the shaping of public discourse, a fact that hitherto has been largely ignored. Through a combination of the methodologies of journalistic research with the narrative technique of the novel and the character of the essay, Italian literary journalism has been able to translate issues of national, international, and global dimensions into narratives built around real people and real-life events. The chapter deals with the codification of the profession’s legal guidelines, the manipulation of traditional genres of conventional journalism, and the link between journalists and their civic engagement.
