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Italo Calvino's Oulipian Clinamen
- Author(s):
- Natalie Berkman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French, LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Italian, TC Digital Humanities, TC Science and Literature, TM Literary Criticism
- Subject(s):
- Italian literature, French literature, Literature--Theory, etc., Criticism, Literature and science
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Italo Calvino, clinamen, Literary therory and criticism, OuLiPo, Science and literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/mkz7-cf92
- Abstract:
- The Oulipo has claimed that foreign member, Italo Calvino, was a key proponent of the clinamen, a purposeful deviation from the strict constraints in which the group specializes. However, upon closer inspection, Calvino’s Oulipian production during his Paris period does not seem to advance a formalized definition of this tool of constrained writing. This paper elucidates his theorization and subsequent implementation of this fundamental Oulipian principle and argues that it is Calvino’s metaphorical (rather than a strict) use of the clinamen that influenced the Oulipo.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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