![]() As a versatile writer, Calvino manages to use mathematics in such subtle ways that it may not be perceptible at first sight. The purpose is to unveil a "hidden math" which from the perspective of this study is an intrinsic tool in Calvino's writing process of Città. It is an interdisciplinary proposal of literature and science, pertinent to Calvino's writing. Mathematics is given its proper place as a humanistic discipline. A mathematical perspective based on an understanding of Mathematics as more than just numbers encompasses the whole analysis. Other critical approaches to Calvino's work, like semiotic, structuralism and scientific are interrelated to Mathematics, but what this study proposes is a strictly mathematical approach to complement that which has already been pointed out. ![]() Focal to the study is Calvino's interest in that which is an essential part of the combinatorial game and the key to Gödel Incompleteness Theory, namely, the elements of surprise and the unexpected - the exceptions to the rule. ![]() The author`s conception of literature as a combinatorial art, intrinsically mathematical itself, is the point of departure. This dissertation examines the use of mathematical concepts as an essential structural and thematic element in Italo Calvino's Le città invisibili. 2013 Theses Doctoral Invisible Mathematics in Italo Calvino's Le città invisibili
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