Browsing Department of Italian by Title
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Between fantasque and fantasmagorique: a fantastic reading of Balzac's La Peau de chagrin
(UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies, 1992) -
Beyond Figuration, Below the Threshold: Some Observations on Postmodernism and the Sublime
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Boccaccio’s Miraculous Art of Storytelling: Dec. I.1, II.I and VI.10
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Cara Italia:l’espressione dell’identità multiculturale nella musica rap e trap italiana
(Georgetown University, 2020)In the past fifteen years, the Italian rap and trap music scene has experienced significant changes due to the entrance of artists who have foreign heritage. Called “second-generation rappers and trappers,” these musicians ... -
CaRterbury Tales: Romances of Disenchantment in Geoffrey Chaucer and Angela Carter
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Code switching and ethnicity in a community of practice
(Cambridge University Press, 2007-05-19)In the past twenty years the existence of a sense of ethnic belonging among immigrant groups of European ancestry in the United States has become the focus of frequent debates and polemics. This article argues that ethnicity ... -
Corpo, Spazio, Memoria: Il Mito del Ritorno da Levi a Scego
(Georgetown University, 2020)In a multicultural world where group and individual identities are becoming ever more plural and diverse, “home” can no longer be simply defined. While much research has focused on the struggles of immigrant and second-generation ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. -
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, ... -
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Family interaction and engagement with the heritage language: A case study
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2013)In this paper I closely examine spontaneous interactions between members of a tri-generation Italian American family. I argue that members show different language preferences and differing attitudes towards the ... -
Foreignizing the Imagi-Nation: Giovanni Ruffini’s Contrapuntal Risorgimento
(Canadian Society for Italian Studies, 2013)Giovanni Ruffini, author of the 1855 novel Doctor Antonio, is mainly remembered as the quintessential exiled Risorgimento patriot who, in Mazzini’s footsteps, from London advocated Italy’s freedom and unification. this ... -
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, ... -
Identità ebraica e femminile nella letteratura italiana contemporanea
(Georgetown University, 2020)This study aims to analyze the representation of gender and identity in Italian Jewish female narrative of the postwar world. Through an analysis of select works by Clara Sereni and Helena Janeczek it is possible to trace ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
