Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Italian Studies by Creation Date
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Voli panoramici e il turismo culturale in Italia
(Georgetown University, 2013)In the context of a discussion of cultural tourism in Italy, the objective of this thesis is to create a concrete plan whereby tourists visiting Italy can broaden their contact with and understanding of Italian culture, ... -
Diventare cucina tipica: i prodotti del Nuovo Mondo sulla tavola italiana
(Georgetown University, 2013)While most people are aware of the extent to which the discovery of the Americas changed world history, few consider the impact of New World flora and fauna on the eating habits of the Old World. Even Italy, which held ... -
La donna fatale tra evoluzione ed emarginazione
(Georgetown University, 2013)In the history of women there have been many controversial figures that have challenged the stereotypes and traditional ideas about women formed by patriarchal societies. Amidst the women who chose to break the rules of ... -
Il genio impetuoso: L'evoluzione creatrice di Italo Svevo ne Lo Specifico del Dottor Menghi
(Georgetown University, 2013)This thesis is a study and translation of Lo Specifico del Dottor Menghi (Doctor Menghi's Specific), a short story by the Italian fiction writer Aron Ettore Schmitz, best known by his pseudonym Italo Svevo. Unusually it ... -
Le strategie di gestione dell'errore nel contesto della glottodidattica delle lingue neolatine
(Georgetown University, 2014)Second Language Acquisition is a relatively new field that has exponentially grown in its forty years. One of the areas that has rapidly developed is the study of error correction in classroom interaction, or corrective ... -
Il caffè come protagonista culturale nella storia italiana
(Georgetown University, 2014)The link between coffee (particularly that of espresso) and Italy seems to be among the more prominent, if at times stereotypical, associations with the Italian culture. Interestingly enough, the concept of espresso is a ... -
Il cinema e le ideologie politiche alla Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia.
(Georgetown University, 2015)This thesis explores the relationship between political ideologies and cinema in Italy in relation to the Venice Film Festival, from the fascist period to the 1968 contestation. In particular, newspaper and magazine reviews ... -
Dal cibo nazionale al cibo globale La digestione letteraria di un pasto storico
(Georgetown University, 2015)In this thesis I explore the evolution of Italian culinary identity from the period of Italy’s unification to the present. In order to investigate this topic I use a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from historical, ... -
Rappresentazioni della Camorra: nel film e nella televisione
(Georgetown University, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to analyze media representations of the Camorra, the organized crime syndicate in Naples and the region of Campania, Italy. How are the camorristi portrayed? Are they villains? Are they criminals ... -
Espressione dell'identità etnica fra gli italoamericani di Washington, D.C.
(Georgetown University, 2015)This research project examines the expression of ethnic identity among members of the Italian American community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The study is based on the theory of identity as a social construction, ... -
LA MODA ITALIANA: BREVE STORIA CULTURALE DALL'OTTOCENTO A OGGI
(Georgetown University, 2015)It is always interesting to study the origin of certain cultural stereotypes, be they negative or positive. Italy is a country that is known internationally for the ability of its people to dress beautifully, a taste that ... -
L’attrice come immagine pubblica: Le strategie di tre attrici del xvi e xvii secolo
(Georgetown University, 2016)This thesis explores the self-promotional strategies undertaken by the Italian performers Isabella Canali Andreini (1562-1604), Adriana Basile (1580-1640), and Giulia De Caro (1646 – 1697), as well as the public personae ... -
Le identità di Griselda attraverso il suo rapporto coniugale in Boccaccio, Petrarca e Chaucer
(Georgetown University, 2016)The last tale of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is especially famous for its illustration of the obedient wife. Griselda is the tale’s protagonist that undergoes the ordeals created by her husband, the Marquis of Saluzzo. ... -
ITALIANO NEL NUOVO MILLENNIO: UN'ANALISI DELL'ITALIANO SU FACEBOOK
(Georgetown University, 2016)It has been over a decade since the creation of Facebook and there are other virtual places where people can engage in computer mediated communication (CMC) in public while also having private conversations with either ... -
I PROGRAMMI UNIVERSITARI AMERICANI IN ITALIA: ANALISI A CAMPIONATURA DI UN MODELLO
(Georgetown University, 2017)This study examines three U.S. university study abroad programs, looking at the experience of American college students studying the Italian language. I focus my research on three American universities, Georgetown University, ... -
IGNAZIO SILONE E CARLO LEVI: IL MONDO È ANCORA PAESE
(Georgetown University, 2017)The renowned antifascist intellectuals Ignazio Silone and Carlo Levi are too often relegated to epoch of fascism and to the Southern Question, which are the classic themes of their famous novels Fontamara and Christ Stopped ... -
Sradicando il passato: Un’analisi del romanzo vita di Melania Mazzucco
(Georgetown University, 2018)This thesis examines the book, Vita by Melania Mazzucco, published in 2003, which follows the story of two Italian immigrants in the United States in the early years of the 20th century. The following analysis views Vita ... -
Dalla Route 66 ai Treni del Sole: le Migrazioni Interne in The Grapes Of Wrath e Rocco e I suoi fratelli
(Georgetown University, 2018)As cultural depictions of internal migrations in their respective countries, The Grapes of Wrath and Rocco e i suoi fratelli illustrate a parallel trajectory despite two opposing and divergent historical contexts, i.e. the ... -
Donna Ferrante's Library: Resonance of the Classics in the Neapolitan Novels
(Georgetown University, 2018)I weigh the Classical resonance in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, focusing primarily on the Roman concept of Genius. I adopt the theory on intertextuality and allusion, also pondering on issues raised by gender studies. -
Il Discorso Populista di Beppe Grillo
(Georgetown University, 2018)This study examines the discourse of Beppe Grillo, founder of the Five Star Movement, a populist political movement created on his personal blog in 2009. It analyzes three of the texts published on Grillo’s blog about the ...
