milestones 
The group passed the first milestone, that of the midterm. And thanks to the tests we managed to put pen to paper some concepts that we discussed in class. I must say that many developed a good show (and in some cases excellent) mastery of the topics I've read some analysis rather than articulated plastic on the organization of the page. An example? The task of 0030181 (oh well, Cristiana) ordering in this way the front pages of newspapers to the aesthetic harmony of the fracture, "The first tier would be" Il Foglio "geometrically perfect in all its forms, the second would "The manifesto for the use of images and a few uninterrupted line between them, followed by entering" The Messenger "already the most comprehensive color-and topologically with the beginning of a discontinuity between the lines ...." The order is perhaps debatable, almost everyone else have made several assumptions, however, is an interesting approach almost an art historian at the semiotic reading of the individual. In the classroom, at the time of delivery, I also discussed with his interesting account of Sarah, "Il Foglio - he writes - is a newspaper that apparently may seem kind of conservative (because it takes the plastic organization of the 800 newspapers) but it is very provocative. " In fact it is a head "disobedient", not only in aesthetic terms, that conveys a "meta message" of sobriety as an alternative to hegemonic value in contemporary society.
Another question on which many of you have been measured with attention is that concerning the concept of news. The argument is more complex than you think: "The news is primarily a crop of reality - Gilda says - does not coincide with reality but is also influenced by the vision and perspective of the storyteller, even if the journalist is to make sure his professionalism. " Yeah ... But what is the right balance between narrative perspective and accuracy of the information? What does "ensure professionalism"? We are facing an important node on which you will call again in the classroom: to make the information tracked, managed in compliance with ethics different sources, apply the "fatal perspectivalness" of the narrative (as Umberto Eco would say) without manipulating the news.
There is also a consideration of Donald that I found interesting, when he writes that the papers contain "recourse" because the readers' likes to repeat the stories. " It is a reflection that calls into question the role of the fairy tale: the great stories of the folk tradition, as highlighted in the Russian linguist Vladimir Propp, are based on recursive schemes, in particular on four stages (initial balance, the imbalance, action of 'hero, new balance) and 31 sequences that are repeated (not necessarily all) in any narrative. Even the linguistic formulas, environments and characters (the prince, the little girl lost, the Witch and the forest ...) respond to certain archetypal patterns. Fairy tales, in fact, explicitly on the symbolic narrative of the facts, often bloody, which took place in archaic societies and the journalistic narrative remains, somehow, this function. But beware: the awareness that there are stereotypes to help us understand how we can differentiate. Using the tools of narrative effective way to build the original story, based on the eccentricity of the gaze, the narrator's curiosity and in some cases the courage to reveal aspects that others overlook.
Back to the results of the midterm. With some of you would like to develop (if possible Tuesday immediately after the lesson) some questions, as elaborated in part, through an interview. They are:
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Others may feel intermendio passed the test with only the written test. It will be good but discuss the types of attack: the first that I have submitted responses have been geared towards two different models will be useful to understand why ...
A Tuesday!
