CENTRO
noun
Etymology: from Latin the word for a patchwork garment
1. a composition formed by joining scraps from other authors
--Oxford English Dictionary
This term is predominately used to describe poetry. Due to the fact that The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana is a novel, the text cannot be considered a centro. However, the centro is the closest traditional literary term to the form and style of a mashup. A centro is a poem composed by sampling early poets. It is different from a mashup in that the centro has strict rules of composition, while the mashup is not yet codified in this way. A centro is also usually formed by using the work of canonical authors, like Homer and Virgil. A mashup is not restricted to any specific type of source and features work from a broad range of authors.
A Study in the Mashup: The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana as an example of the literary mashup
Christine Sweeton - 100617280
Studies in the Novel
ENGL 4003A
Carleton University
Fall 2009
ENGL 4003A
Carleton University
Fall 2009
The Text
The Mysterious Flame
of Queen Loana
By Umberto Eco
Translated from Italian
by Geoffrey Brock
2004, Translated 2005
of Queen Loana
By Umberto Eco
Translated from Italian
by Geoffrey Brock
2004, Translated 2005
The Article
Plagerism as Authorship:
the Literary Mashup
By Matt Schneider
University of Alberta MA Thesis
2009
the Literary Mashup
By Matt Schneider
University of Alberta MA Thesis
2009