Chapter 2: Calvino’s Semiotic Journey through Japan: Between Language(s) and Silence

Claudia Dellacasa

From Italo Calvino and Japan: A Journey through the Shallow Depths of Signs (2024), pp. 49-80, doi:10.59860/ip.c26822c

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Claudia Dellacasa

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Abstract.  2.1. Calvino’s Silences and the Languages of Other Beings — 2.1.1. Stepping Stones towards Speaking the Unspeakable; 2.1.2. Calvino’s Semiotic Travels in Japan; 2.1.3. Palomar between Words and Silence. 2.2. The Sound of Silence in Japan — 2.2.1. Buddhist Deconstructions of Linguistic Hierarchies; 2.2.2. Literary Expressions of Silent Non-conceptuality.

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