The Second-Hand Story: Origins, Meaning, and Use.
This article investigates the emergence, the significance, and the purpose of a characterizing contemporary narrative structure, which I term 'the second-hand story'. Updating the longstanding tradition of the reported tale, second-hand stories pivot on the figure of a narrator who listens to and re...
| Publicado en: | Italianist Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 274 - 292 |
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Jun2024
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