Esercizi di stile
A Nonfiction, Short Stories, French Literature book. This is a lot of fun at the beginning as you realise exactly what Queneau has challenged himself...
Un episodio di vita quotidiana, di sconcertante banalità, e novantanove variazioni sul tema, in cui la storia viene ridetta mettendo alla prova tutte le figure retoriche, i diversi generi letterari (dall'epico al drammatico, dal racconto gotico alla lirica giapponese), giocando con sostituzioni lessicali, frantumando la sintassi, permutando l'ordine delle lettere alfabetiche... Un effetto comico travolgente, che già si è prestato a realizzazioni teatrali,...
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- Pages: 237 pages
- ISBN: 9788806562007 / 8806562002
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This is a lot of fun at the beginning as you realise exactly what Queneau has challenged himself to do here: rewrite the same little scene about a gangly young man in a badly fitting overcoat and an odd hat, in different styles, ninety-nine times! After number twenty however, the various word play games are no longer quite as funny.... Blurb(view spoiler)[Exercises in Style retells an apparently unremarkable tale ninety-nine times, employing a variety of styles, ranging from sonnet to cockney to mathematical formula. Too funny to be merely a pedantic thesis, this virtuoso set of themes and variations is a linguistic rust-remover, a guide to literary forms and a demonstration... This was The Well-Tempered Clavier, but in writing. Given its status and how loved this book seems to be on GR, I feel somewhat like its an epic F.A.I.L on my part to not have been blown away by it. But seriously, guys, I dont get it. Its clever, Ill give you that. Other than that, its mostly gimmicky, sometimes amusing, and occasionally...
