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The chivalric folk tradition in Sicily : a history of storytelling, puppetry, painted carts and other arts /
"Tracing the development in Sicily of a chivalric tradition based on the Medieval stories of Charlemagne and his knights, this analysis of Sicilian storytelling, puppetry, festivals, cart painting and other products of folk art offers a detailed portrait of an island unique in its geography and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From the Middle Ages to the puppets. Introducing Sicily: a mosaic of cultures
- The chivalric stories through the centuries
- The chivalric tradition in Sicily before the Renaissance
- The success of chivalric romances in Sicily in the 16th century
- Problems on the origin of the Sicilian puppet show
- The oral tradition. The chivalric tradition between learned and popular literature
- The role of the storyteller in the osmosis process between dominant and subordinate cultures
- Types of traditional storytellers: chivalric tales, sacred stories and chronicles
- The tradition of blind storytellers (orbi) in Palermo
- The traditional epic storytellers in Sicily and in Naples
- Sicilian traditional epic storytellers in the past and in the present
- Traces of the chivalric tradition in the language of the Sicilian people: idiomatic expressions and proverbs
- Names of people and of places
- The celebrations. A carnival pantomime with a knight: the Mastro di Campo
- Dancing with swords and a holy virgin in arms
- Chivalric stories with drums and bells in Monforte San Giorgio
- The puppet shows. The Sicilian puppet shows in a nutshell
- Puppets or marionettes? the Opera Dei Pupi and the Sicilian dialect
- The climax of the Sicilian puppet shows: the famous legendary Battle of Roncevaux
- Roncevaux in Lodico's book
- Roncevaux on the stage of the Sicilian puppet shows
- The rout of Roncevaux in the ideology of the Opera Dei Pupi
- The puppet shows as "necessary art" of the Sicilian people
- A family of puppeteers. Presentation of the Cuticchio family members
- Story of the family: Girolamo as an apprentice puppeteer
- A puppeteer is born
- Crisis and revival of a passion
- Little puppeteers grow up
- Artisans' workshops in Giacomo Cuticchio's memories
- Giuseppe Salerno, a painter with a good deal of disorganization
- Paolo di Giovanni, a life perched on the belfry
- Once upon a time: the Corte Delle Stelle Theater in Cefalù
- The playbills (cartelloni) of the puppet theater
- Definitions of folk art and peculiar characteristics of Sicilian folk art
- Chivalric subjects for Sicilian folk art
- The rout of Roncevaux in playbill posters for the puppet shows
- The Sicilian painted carts. The Sicilian carts in a nutshell
- History of the cart
- Makers of the cart
- The cart builder and the sculptor
- The metal worker
- The painter
- Chivalric subjects painted on the carts belonging to the pitrè
- Museum in Palermo and to the Palazzo D'Aumale Museum in Terrasini
- The maker of horse trappings
- The world of the cart drivers
- The feast of St. Joseph in Bagheria
- The cart as a Sicilian symbol
- Lights and shadows on the Sicilian carts
- Other objects for chivalric subjects and revival in today's folk art
- Conclusions.