A Cosmicomic Tale in Form of a Song: Black Holes, Society and Sung Satire

  • Stefania Bernardini University of Aix-Marseille
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13125/medea-3489
Keywords: Cosmicomics, Song, Elio e le Storie Tese, Science Fiction, Parody

Abstract

A certain kind of songwriting is already established as a carrier of typical shapes and genres of literature. With the analysis of the song Supermassiccio by Elio e le Storie Tese and a parallelism with the Cosmicomics (Cosmicomiche) by Italo Calvino it will be shown how the song meets the typical criteria of the science fiction tale, reversing them, and how the issue is capable of acting as a desecrating parody of the ills of society. 

 

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Author Biography

Stefania Bernardini, University of Aix-Marseille
Stefania Bernardini holds a Master’s Degree in Philology and Modern Literature, achieved at the University of Cagliari. She has been studying for years the relationship and connection between literature and song. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Aix- Marseille, where she analyses the relationship between mythe and song.

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Published
2018-12-21
How to Cite
Bernardini, S. (2018). A Cosmicomic Tale in Form of a Song: Black Holes, Society and Sung Satire. Medea, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.13125/medea-3489
Issue
Vol 4 No 1 (2018): IMAGINING WORLDS: the Alien and the Elsewhere
Section
Countercurrent
NBN
https://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn%3Anbn%3Ait%3Aunica-24040

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