To complete the thesis I decided to compare four regional guides of the Veneto, not focusing only on Italian guides, which I used anyway (Touring Club Italiano and Mondadori Editore), but also taking into consideration two guides made by publishing houses based outside the country, more specifically an English guide based in London (Rough Guides) and an Australian guide based in the city of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia (Lonely Planet). The guides I selected have been published recently. In 2015 the Mondadori Guide was published, in 2016 Lonely Planet, and in 2019 Rough Guides and Touring Club Italiano; therefore, the information is up-to-date and reliable. Initially I will give a brief overview of each of the guides I have selected, focusing on the history of each, on the values that the publishing houses intend to pursue with their vision and on the audience they have decided to address. Subsequently, I will do a more specific and detailed work gradually: I will insert a comparison starting from a synoptic table where there will be quantitative data regarding the number of pages of each guide, the number of pages that each guide dedicates to Padua and the number of lines that each of them dedicates to the description of five status symbols of the city of Padua selected by me: Caffè Pedrocchi, Prato della Valle, Botanical Garden, Basilica of Sant'Antonio and Cappella degli Scrovegni. For each of the points of interest listed above, I will compare the description made by each guide and insert a personal comment on the difference between the descriptions that each guide makes for them, trying to understand what are the most important aspects that each publishing house values to give to the reader an idea as clear and complete as possible. In last chapter I will compare the introduction that each guide offers for the city of Padua, trying to identify what type of vocabulary is used, the communicative tension, the syntactic structure and the metaphorical level. Finally, to conclude the paper, I decided to insert some conclusions where I will make a brief analysis that will summarize the treated work. The main goal of my paper is to be able, by comparing four different guides, to grasp the most significant differences mainly in two areas: description and language. Furthermore, having to compare two Italian guides and two guides published by publishing houses based abroad, I thought it interesting to be able to analyze how a territory is considered and described by people who come from a very distant and completely different reality, highlighting any differences and similarities. .
Per portare a termine l’elaborato ho deciso di confrontare quattro guide regionali del Veneto, non focalizzandomi solo su guide italiane, che comunque ho utilizzato (Touring Club Italiano e Mondadori Editore), ma prendendo in considerazione anche due guide fatte da Case Editrici con sede al di fuori del Paese, più precisamente una guida inglese con sede a Londra (Rough Guides) e una guida australiana con sede nella città di Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia (Lonely Planet). Le guide da me selezionate sono state pubblicate in tempi recenti. Nel 2015 esce la Guida Mondadori, nel 2016 Lonely Planet, e nel 2019 Rough Guides e Touring Club Italiano; pertanto, le informazioni sono aggiornate e attendibili. Inizialmente darò una breve panoramica su ciascuna delle guide da me selezionate, concentrandomi sulla storia di ciascuna, sui valori che le case editrici intendono portare avanti con la loro visione e sul pubblico a cui hanno deciso di rivolgersi. Successivamente, farò un lavoro a mano a mano più specifico e dettagliato: inserirò un raffronto a partire da una tabella sinottica dove saranno presenti dati quantitativi riguardo il numero delle pagine di ciascuna guida, il numero delle pagine che ciascuna guida dedica a Padova e il numero di righe che ciascuna di esse dedica alla descrizione di cinque status symbol della città patavina da me selezionati: Caffè Pedrocchi, Prato della Valle, Orto Botanico, Basilica di Sant’Antonio e Cappella degli Scrovegni. Per ognuno dei sopraelencati punti di interesse, confronterò la descrizione effettuata da ciascuna guida e inserirò un commento personale sulla differenza tra le descrizioni che ogni guida effettua per essi, cercando di capire quali siano gli aspetti più importanti che ogni Casa Editrice valorizza per dare al lettore un’idea più chiara e completa possibile. Come ultimo capitolo confronterò l’introduzione che ciascuna guida propone per la città di Padova, cercando di identificare che tipo di lessico viene utilizzato, la tensione comunicativa, la struttura sintattica e il livello metaforico. Infine, per concludere l’elaborato, ho deciso di inserire delle conclusioni dove farò una breve analisi che andrà a riassumere il lavoro svolto. L’obiettivo principale del mio elaborato è di riuscire, tramite il confronto di quattro guide diverse, a cogliere le differenze più significative principalmente in due ambiti: descrizione e linguaggio. Inoltre, dovendo confrontare due guide italiane e due guide pubblicate da Case Editrici con sede all’estero, ho ritenuto interessante poter analizzare come venga considerato e descritto un territorio da persone che provengono da una realtà molto lontana e completamente diversa, evidenziando eventuali differenze e somiglianze.
PADOVA IN QUATTRO GUIDE DI VIAGGIO: LONELY PLANET, ROUGH GUIDES, TOURING CLUB ITALIANO E MONDADORI
MILAN, GIULIA
2021/2022
Abstract
To complete the thesis I decided to compare four regional guides of the Veneto, not focusing only on Italian guides, which I used anyway (Touring Club Italiano and Mondadori Editore), but also taking into consideration two guides made by publishing houses based outside the country, more specifically an English guide based in London (Rough Guides) and an Australian guide based in the city of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia (Lonely Planet). The guides I selected have been published recently. In 2015 the Mondadori Guide was published, in 2016 Lonely Planet, and in 2019 Rough Guides and Touring Club Italiano; therefore, the information is up-to-date and reliable. Initially I will give a brief overview of each of the guides I have selected, focusing on the history of each, on the values that the publishing houses intend to pursue with their vision and on the audience they have decided to address. Subsequently, I will do a more specific and detailed work gradually: I will insert a comparison starting from a synoptic table where there will be quantitative data regarding the number of pages of each guide, the number of pages that each guide dedicates to Padua and the number of lines that each of them dedicates to the description of five status symbols of the city of Padua selected by me: Caffè Pedrocchi, Prato della Valle, Botanical Garden, Basilica of Sant'Antonio and Cappella degli Scrovegni. For each of the points of interest listed above, I will compare the description made by each guide and insert a personal comment on the difference between the descriptions that each guide makes for them, trying to understand what are the most important aspects that each publishing house values to give to the reader an idea as clear and complete as possible. In last chapter I will compare the introduction that each guide offers for the city of Padua, trying to identify what type of vocabulary is used, the communicative tension, the syntactic structure and the metaphorical level. Finally, to conclude the paper, I decided to insert some conclusions where I will make a brief analysis that will summarize the treated work. The main goal of my paper is to be able, by comparing four different guides, to grasp the most significant differences mainly in two areas: description and language. Furthermore, having to compare two Italian guides and two guides published by publishing houses based abroad, I thought it interesting to be able to analyze how a territory is considered and described by people who come from a very distant and completely different reality, highlighting any differences and similarities. .File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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