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The book traces the development and success in Sicily of the chivalric tradition based on the Medieval stories of Charlemagne and his knights. Through the analyses of its manifestations in various fields (storytelling, puppet shows, festivals, cart painting and other products of folk art), a good part of Sicilian traditions and culture is focused, with the goal of obtaining a multi-level portrait of an island which is unique for its geography and history. Interviews with puppeteers are reported, while hand painted cart panels and playbills posters are described and illustrated. The pervasive diffusion of the chivalric tradition in Sicily is explained, at least in part, by the predominance of the so-called ""sense of honor"" that has permeated Sicilian life. Other information regards the story of the Cuticchios, a family of puppeteers, and sheds further light on the hardship and uncertain future of this art.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Michael Buonanno
Foreword by Christopher Kleinhenz
Preface
One • From the Middle Ages to the Puppets
Introducing Sicily—A Mosaic of Cultures
The Chivalric Stories Through the Centuries
The Chivalric Tradition in Sicily Before the Renaissance
The Success of Chivalric Romances in Sicily in the 16th Century
Problems on the Origin of the Sicilian Puppet Show
Two • The Oral Tradition
The Chivalric Tradition Between Learned and Popular Literature
The Role of the Storyteller in the Osmosis Process Between
Dominant and Subordinate Cultures
Three Types of Traditional Storytellers: Chivalric Tales, Sacred
Stories and Chronicles
The Tradition of Blind Storytellers (Orbi) in Palermo
The Traditional Epic Storytellers in Sicily and in Naples
Sicilian Traditional Epic Storytellers in the Past and in the Present
Traces of the Chivalric Tradition in the Language of the Sicilian
People—Idiomatic Expressions and Proverbs
Toponyms and Family Names
Three • The Celebrations
A Carnival Pantomime with a Knight: The Mastro di Campo
Dancing with Swords and a Holy Virgin in Arms
Chivalric Stories with Drums and Bells in Monforte San Giorgio
Four • The Puppet Shows
The Sicilian Puppet Shows in a Nutshell
Puppets or Marionettes? The Opera dei Pupi and the Sicilian Dialect
The Climax of the Sicilian Puppet Shows: The Famous Legendary
Battle of Roncevaux
Roncevaux in Lodico's Book
Roncevaux on the Stage of the Sicilian Puppet Shows
The Rout of Roncevaux in the Ideology of the Opera dei Pupi
The Puppet Shows as "Necessary Art" of the Sicilian People
Five • A Family of Puppeteers
Presentation of Girolamo Cuticchio and His Family
Story of the Family—Girolamo as an Apprentice Puppeteer
A Puppeteer Is Born
Crisis and Revival of a Passion
Little Puppeteers Grow Up
Two Artisans' Workshops in Giacomo Cuticchio's Memories
Once Upon a Time: The Corte delle Stelle Theater in Cefalù
Between pages 100 and 101 there are 16 color plates
containing 21 photographs
Six • The Playbills (Cartelloni) of the Puppet Theater
Definitions of Folk Art and Peculiar Characteristics of Sicilian
Folk Art
Chivalric Subjects for Sicilian Folk Art
The Rout of Roncevaux in Playbill Posters for the Puppet Shows
Seven • The Sicilian Painted Carts
The Sicilian Carts in a Nutshell
History of the Cart
Makers of the Cart
The Cart Builder and the Sculptor
The Metal Worker
The Painter
Chivalric Subjects Painted on the Carts Belonging to the Pitrè
Museum in Palermo and to the Palazzo d'Aumale Museum
in Terrasini
The Maker of Horse Trappings
The World of the Cart Drivers
The Feast of St. Joseph in Bagheria
The Cart as a Sicilian Symbol
Lights and Shadows on the Sicilian Carts
Other Objects for Chivalric Subjects and Revival in Today's Folk Art
Conclusions
Appendix: The Puppets and Their Stories
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
