Quando la mappa incontra la fiction

Marcello Tanca

2020-01-01

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Abstract

Representation or description of a map, which illustrates the main settings of the plot, are not uncommon to find in films and novels. These cartographic means are heterogeneous because may assume various forms, are produced by varied techniques, are the result of different levels of accuracy, and may have different types of reference (for instance, they could show a real or imaginary place). There are explicit and implicit maps: the former are explicitly described in the work, the latter are not. There are inner or external maps: the former do not overlap the geography of the real world, the latter do.