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The texts are three reviews of Roberto Cotroneo's Tweet di un discorso amoroso, on the occasion of its recent publication (5th April 2013).
Each text draws the reader's attention on different aspects: the first one underlines the intertextual nature of the essay, quoting for example R.Barthes, M. Corti, N. Ginzburg and F. Chopin and provides an explicit judgment of the book (Ecco ''TWEET di un discorso amoroso'' non lascia indifferenti); the second one provides the reader with Cotroneo's bibliography and three quite long quotations from his essay; the third one gives information about the book (structure, topics, length, release date...).
What equates the reviews is the presence of one or more quotations from Tweet di un discorso amoroso, that allow the reader to make up an idea of the mood and the style of the essay, raising his curiosity.
As the title suggests, it seems as if the essay were the trans-cript of a long speech by the speaking voice: the addressee is unknown while the speaker is probably Cotroneo himself. His speech consists of the twist of social network- statuses and multiple impressions and reflections on the meaning of love, relationships and writing nowadays, as they crossed his mind. Such reflections seem to spring out of common and casual experiences (the finding of an old suitcase, the starting of an air-conditioner), as it occurs in the stream of thoughts.
The speech also reminds the reader of dramatic monologue, in which a speaker addresses to a silent interlocutor, explaining his point of view and opinions about a theme.
Personal considerations allow the intelligent reader of the dramatic monologue (as well as the one of Cotroneo's essay) to be acquainted with the character of the speaker: they unveil more than he says.
Reading Tweet di un discorso amoroso, you will get Cotroneo's opinion about the quality of life and the meaning of affection in the social-network era and his point of view could be an interesting incitement to personal reflection on such hot themes.
However, Cotroneo's Tweet di un discorso amoroso is not a dramatic monologue: it is not written in poetic prose but in prose and last but not least the speaker is not a certain character but the writer himself.
It follows that the reference to R.Barthes' A lover's discourse fragments regards content rather than form.
Each text draws the reader's attention on different aspects: the first one underlines the intertextual nature of the essay, quoting for example R.Barthes, M. Corti, N. Ginzburg and F. Chopin and provides an explicit judgment of the book (Ecco ''TWEET di un discorso amoroso'' non lascia indifferenti); the second one provides the reader with Cotroneo's bibliography and three quite long quotations from his essay; the third one gives information about the book (structure, topics, length, release date...).
What equates the reviews is the presence of one or more quotations from Tweet di un discorso amoroso, that allow the reader to make up an idea of the mood and the style of the essay, raising his curiosity.
As the title suggests, it seems as if the essay were the trans-cript of a long speech by the speaking voice: the addressee is unknown while the speaker is probably Cotroneo himself. His speech consists of the twist of social network- statuses and multiple impressions and reflections on the meaning of love, relationships and writing nowadays, as they crossed his mind. Such reflections seem to spring out of common and casual experiences (the finding of an old suitcase, the starting of an air-conditioner), as it occurs in the stream of thoughts.
The speech also reminds the reader of dramatic monologue, in which a speaker addresses to a silent interlocutor, explaining his point of view and opinions about a theme.
Personal considerations allow the intelligent reader of the dramatic monologue (as well as the one of Cotroneo's essay) to be acquainted with the character of the speaker: they unveil more than he says.
Reading Tweet di un discorso amoroso, you will get Cotroneo's opinion about the quality of life and the meaning of affection in the social-network era and his point of view could be an interesting incitement to personal reflection on such hot themes.
However, Cotroneo's Tweet di un discorso amoroso is not a dramatic monologue: it is not written in poetic prose but in prose and last but not least the speaker is not a certain character but the writer himself.
It follows that the reference to R.Barthes' A lover's discourse fragments regards content rather than form.