Human interest, the evening event linked to the #credits series of the Viagrande Studios Biennial School of Writing and Storytelling. We look forward to seeing you on Friday, May 26, 2023, at 7:00 PM at Viagrande Studios.
The students of the School of Writing and Storytelling from Viagrande Studios will tell us about well-known news stories that have become the subject of acclaimed literary works. All this during the event "Human Interest," which will take place on Friday, May 26th at 7:00 PM in the Teatro dei 106 at Viagrande Studios.
The goal is to recount a single event from two different perspectives, poised between journalism and literature. First, describing the events as they occurred in their crudeness, in a dry and neutral style, then through a moving narrative of the story.
During the two-year period, students organize events related to the subjects they are studying. Human Interest is linked to the journalism and social languages course with Valentina Cinnirella.
It's an alternative way of analyzing and experiencing the news we've become increasingly accustomed to—sadly—as the background to our hectic days. The words of the students from the two-year program at Viagrande Studios will captivate guests, drawing them into new worlds, some so familiar to many of our everyday lives.
From storytelling to journalistic reporting, through news stories. Here's the event organized by the two-year writing program students.
The thread that unites journalism and storytelling will explore the stories of Laura Lanza, remembered as the Baroness of Carini. A baroness brutally murdered by her father, she became the protagonist of Salomone Marino's 19th-century verses. Returning to Sicilian soil, the story of "beautiful Angelina" Mioccio and her ghost in Catania's Leucatia Castle, told in Rossella Jannello's novel. Then there are fellow Sicilians Giorgio and Tino, the two "ziti" (children) killed in the Giarre crime, immortalized in Rosa Maria Di Natale's novel "The Silence of the Days."
Also on stage is the story of Christopher McCandless, a young modern pilgrim in search of new worlds and truths to discover, known thanks to Jon Krakauer's literary masterpiece "Into the Wild." And finally, the tragic death of Herbert Clutter and his family. All masterfully told by Truman Capote in what became the first documentary novel in the history of literature: "In Cold Blood."
Beyond the murders and disappearances, behind the veneer of raw news, the students of the Writing School will find the right words to tell the story. They will narrate and relive the moments and vicissitudes of their protagonists' lives, thrilling their viewers once again.
Edited by Giovanna Valenti, second year student of the Biennial School of Writing and Storytelling of Viagrande Studios.
