Ingegno and the Sabotage of Representation
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo
Organizer Name
Kristina M. Olson
Organizer Affiliation
George Mason Univ.
Presider Name
Toy-Fung Tung
Presider Affiliation
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Paper Title 1
"A more continuate time": Ingegno and the Reckoning of Multiple Identities in Decameron 8.8 and Othello
Presenter 1 Name
Margaret Escher
Presenter 1 Affiliation
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Paper Title 2
The Bitter Laughter of the Trickster: Decameron VIII, 10
Presenter 2 Name
Angela Porcarelli
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Emory Univ.
Paper Title 3
Bandello's Beffa Devoid of Laughter
Presenter 3 Name
Aniello Di Iorio
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Start Date
8-5-2014 3:30 PM
Session Location
Valley II Eicher 202
Description
From their early appearance in the Decameron to later manifestations across Italian verse and prose, "beffatori" prevail over "beffati" (the duped) through the exercise of "ingegno," an intellectual and practical skill that combines insight, ambition, and daring. "Beffatori" who substitute one frame of reference for another for the purpose of disabling the agency of "beffati" may be understood on a grander scale to be affirming the instability and interchangeability not just of frames of reference in particular narratives, but of meaning inherent in all systems of exchange. We welcome paper proposals focused on any aspect of trickery in the Italian novella and/or in other genres of medieval and early modern Italian fiction, particularly papers that contextualize such narratives by looking at this theme through medieval and early modern Italian mercantile history, and through concepts of criminal justice ethics and cognitive psychology.
Kristina Olson
Ingegno and the Sabotage of Representation
Valley II Eicher 202
From their early appearance in the Decameron to later manifestations across Italian verse and prose, "beffatori" prevail over "beffati" (the duped) through the exercise of "ingegno," an intellectual and practical skill that combines insight, ambition, and daring. "Beffatori" who substitute one frame of reference for another for the purpose of disabling the agency of "beffati" may be understood on a grander scale to be affirming the instability and interchangeability not just of frames of reference in particular narratives, but of meaning inherent in all systems of exchange. We welcome paper proposals focused on any aspect of trickery in the Italian novella and/or in other genres of medieval and early modern Italian fiction, particularly papers that contextualize such narratives by looking at this theme through medieval and early modern Italian mercantile history, and through concepts of criminal justice ethics and cognitive psychology.
Kristina Olson