AAIS 2001

Sunday, April 22 / 8:30 am

Breakfast
Inn at Penn/Reception Area

Sunday, April 22 / 9:00 - 10:30 am

Conference Sessions

Inn at Penn/Woodlands A
IL PAESAGGIO NELLA NARRATIVA DEL '900

Organizer and Chair: Cinzia Donatelli Noble, Brigham Young University

IL MARE E'... COME LUI: PERSONIFICAZIONE PLURISEMANTICA NE L'ISOLA DI ARTURO, Paolo Pucci, Rutgers University

LEONARDO SCIASCIA, A CULTURE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF ITS LANDSCAPE, Melaina Balbo, University of Toronto

IL PAESAGGIO IN ALCUNE OPERE DI ANTONIO FOGAZZARO, Riccarda Saggese, University of Delaware

Inn at Penn/Concierge
ITALIAN LITERARY COUPLES

Organizer and Chair: Anne Urbancic, University of Toronto

STERNIAN ELEMENTS IN FOSCOLO'S CORRESPONDENCE, Sandra Parmegiani, University of Toronto

SORELLE NEL TEMPO: RITRATTI DI DONNE CHE INVECCHIANO INSIEME IN DI BUONA FAMIGLIA DI I. BOSSI FEDRIGOTTI E L'AMICA DELLA MODELLISTA DI C. CERATI, Rita Caviglioli, University of Missouri-Columbia

LO SDOPPIAMENTO DELL'IO INCORPORALE DI PAOLO VOLPONI, Paolo Chirumbolo, University of Toronto

Inn at Penn/Woodlands D
LEOPARDI E LO STUDIO DELLE LINGUE

Organizer: Delia Fabbroni-Giannotti Nisbet, Oxford College, Emory University
Chair: Carla Lucente, Duquesne University

CONTRO LEOPARDI, Paolo Possiedi, Montclair State University

LEOPARDI: LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION, Giuseppe Natale, University of Nevada Las Vegas

LEOPARDI'S PRINCIPLE OF CONCOMITANT IDEAS AND THE STUDY OF ANCIENT HEBREW ROOT-WORDS (VOCI PROPRIE), Delia Fabbroni-Giannotti Nisbet, Oxford College, Emory University

Inn at Penn/Chancellor
LE NUOVE LEVE DELL'ITALIANISTICA IN NORDAMERICA

Organizer and Chair: Maria Predelli, McGill University

RETRANSLATING VITTORINI'S AMERICANA, Piero Garofalo, University of New Hampshire

LA FIGURA DI PAOLO UCCELLO IN SCHWOB, VASARI E PASCOLI. TRA BIOGRAFIAE FANTASIA, Roberto Ludovico, Brown University

QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY IN ELSA MORANTE'S LA STORIA, Katja Liimatta, University of Iowa

Inn at Penn/Regent
LITERARY POLITICS AND CREATIVE WRITINGS

Organizer and Chair: Irene Marchegiani Jones, California State University, Long Beach

WHO KILLED CONVERSAZIONE IN SICILIA? CENSORSHIP AND LITERATURE IN FASCIST ITALY, Guido Bonsaver, University of London

PIERO GOBETTI'S MYTHS, David Ward, Wellesley College

THE ITALIAN INTELLECTUAL’S HIDDEN SECRET: ENNIO FLAIANO’S LA DONNA NELL’ARMADIO, Marisa S. Trubiano, Montclair State University

Inn at Penn/St. Marks
ITALIAN TWENTIETH CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS, III

Organizer and Chair: Giuliana Sanguinetti Katz, University of Toronto

PLAYING THE GAME: BILLIARDS, CHESS, AND HISTORY IN MARTA MORAZZONI'S IL CASO COURRIER, Dawn Green, Stanford University

BUIO DI DACIA MARAINI, TRA CRONACA, LETTERATURA E TEATRO, Luisetta E. Chomel, University of Houston

EMPOWERING YOUNG FEMINISTS: MARAINI, NEERA AND TAMARO AND THEIR NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN IN THE 18TH, 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Inn at Penn/Woodlands B
THE ITALIAN "GIALLO"

Organizer: Lina Insana, University of Pittsburgh
Chair: Anne Mullen, University of London

IL PULP DEI FILM TRATTI DA SCERBANENCO ARRIVA ANCHE A TARANTINO: IL PERCORSO "INVERSO" DEL POLIZIESCO NEL CINEMA ITALIANO, Andrea Ricci, Princeton University

RICETTE PER UN DELITTO - IL GIALLO STORICO DI DANILA COMASTRI MONTANARI, Mirella Scriboni, U.N.I.S - United Nations International School, New York

CINEMATIC GIALLO: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE GENRE THAT NEVER WAS, Leon Smith, De Montfort University

Inn at Penn/Woodlands C
DONNE RINASCIMENTALI, I

Organizer: Veena Carlson, Dominican University
Chair: Paola Malpezzi Price, Colorado State University

"A GUISA D'ECO": MODELLI DI COSTRIZIONE DELLA "DONNA MARITATA", TRA SPERONI E DOLCE, Andrea Baldi, Rutgers University

VERONICA GAMBARA E I GONZAGA, Mauda Bregoli-Russo, University of Illinois at Chicago

SIXTEENTH-CENTURY VENETIAN WOMEN: THEIR STORY, Paola Malpezzi Price, Colorado State University

MODERATA FONTE'S RELIGIOUS REWRITINGS OF THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, Jennifer Waldburger Máthé, University of Pennsylvania

Sunday, April 22 / 10:30 - 10:45 am

Refreshments
Inn at Penn/Reception Area

Sunday, April 22 / 10:45 - 12:15 pm

Conference Sessions

Inn at Penn/Woodlands A
LA NUOVA SCUOLA SICILIANA

Organizer and Chair: Cinzia Donatelli Noble, Brigham Young University

POCO, MA PARLANO: LE COMBINAZIONI TRA LEONARDO SCIASCIA E ANDREA CAMILLERI, Paolo Villa, Indiana University

A MODO DEL MOSAICISTA: SCIASCIA'S LITERARY STYLISTICS, Anne Mullen, University of London

ITINERARIO NARRATIVO DI ERCOLE PATTI, Sarah Zappulla Muscará, Universita' di Catania

LA CATTURA DI ANDREA CAMILLERI, TESTO TEATRALE LIBERAMENTE TRATTO DA PIRANDELLO, Enzo Zappulla, Istituto di Storia dello Spettacolo Siciliano, Italia

Inn at Penn/Woodlands D
GIACOMO LEOPARDI E IL NUOVO MILLENNIO

Organizer: Irene Marchegiani Jones, California State University, Long Beach
Chair: Delia Fabbroni-Giannotti Nisbet, Oxford College, Emory University

LEOPARDI E L'ESTETICA DEL SUBLIME, Alessandro Carrera, New York University

POETICA MUSICA: A POET REFLECTS ON SOUND, Massimo Mandolini Pesaresi, Columbia University

LEOPARDI E L''ETICA' DELLE OPERETTE MORALI, Irene Marchegiani Jones, California State University, Long Beach

LEOPARDI AS READER OF RECANATI: ICONOGRAPHIC AFFINITIES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CANTI, David Castronuovo, Middlebury College

Inn at Penn/Chancellor
ITALO-HISPANIC RELATIONS

Organizer and Chair: J. Heli Hernandez, University of Massachusetts at Lowell

VENEZIA E LA SPAGNA DI FILIPPO II: CRISI E SPERANZE, Luigi Monga, Vanderbilt University

CONVERGENZE TRA IL TEATRO D'AVANGUARDIA ITALIANO E FRANCESE E L'ATTIVITA' TEATRALE DI V. HUIDOBRO, Barbara Meazzi, Université de Savoie

ITALIAN AND SPANISH IN CONTACT: THE USE OF DISCOURSE MARKERS AMONG ITALIAN BILINGUALS IN MEXICO, Anna De Fina, Georgetown University

Inn at Penn/Concierge
IL GENERE DELL'AUTOBIOGRAFIA IN ITALIA

Organizer and Chair: Roberta Antognini, Vassar College

CASANOVA E LA MEMORIALISTICA DEL '700: ANALISI DELLA PREFAZIONE ALL'HISTOIRE DE MA VIE, Paolo De Ventura, Harvard University

READING (AND) JAIL - PRISON, LIBERATION AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Antonio Pagliaro, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

"DISGRAZIE RIDICOLE": JEWISHNESS AND HUMOUR IN ALDO ZARGANI'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BILDUNGSTEXT, Mirna Cicioni, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?: HISTORICISING RECENT GAY MALE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, Derek Duncan, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Inn at Penn/Regent
LA SPIAGGIA LUOGO DELLA MEMORIA E DELL'UTOPIA. LA RAPPRESENTAZIONE DELLE SPIAGGE ITALIANE NELLA LETTERATURA, NEL CINEMA E SUL WEB

Organizer and Chair: Gius Gargiulo, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, France

DANTE, CATONE E IL CONSOLE MARIO SULLA SPIAGGIA DELLA LIBERTÀ: UNA RILETTURA DEL PRIMO CANTO DEL PURGATORIO, Antonio Rossini, College University of Toronto

FRA MARE E TERRA: ERRI DE LUCA, IL TIRRENO E LA BIBBIA, Myriam Swennen Ruthenberg, Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton

BUZZATI SCRITTORE-GIORNALISTA E IL MARE, Franco Zangrilli, Baruch College

Inn at Penn/St. Marks
MADWOMAN, BAD WOMAN: MADNESS IN WOMEN'S WRITING

Organizer and Chair: Katja Liimatta, The University of Iowa

"L'INVASIONE SMISURATA". THE THEMES OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND MADNESS IN ELSA MORANTE'S NOVELS, Elisabetta Properzi Nelsen, San Francisco State University

WHEN WALLS SPEAK: MADNESS AND MATERNAL SACRIFICE IN PAOLA MASINO'S MONTE IGNOSO, Allison A. Cooper, University of California at Los Angeles

LA SIBILLA: L'ESPERIENZA DELLA FOLLIA PER ALDA MERINI, Elisa Biagini, Gettysburg College

Inn at Penn/Woodlands C
DONNE RINASCIMENTALI, II

Organizer: AAIS COMMITTEE
Chair: Victoria Kirkham, University of Pennsylvania

GENDERED STRATEGIES OF PERSUASION IN VERONICA FRANCO'S POETRY, Marilyn Migiel, Cornell University

VERONICA FRANCO AND THE SYPHILITIC IMAGINARY OF 16TH-CENTURY VENICE, Dolora Chapelle Wojciehowski, University of Texas at Austin

I SONETTI DI LAUDOMIA FORTEGUERRI (1515-1555) PER LA DUCHESSA MARGHERITA D'AUSTRIA: PETRARCHISMO 'WITH A TWIST', Konrad Eisenbichler, University of Toronto

Inn at Penn/Woodlands B
THE HYBRID MUSE: INSPIRATION ACROSS THE ARTS

Organizer: AAIS COMMITTEE
Chair: Emma Dillon, University of Pennsylvania

LA VOCE DEL MARE: DA "OCEANO MARE" A "LA LEGGENDA DEL PIANISTA SULL'OCEANO", Daniela Bini, University of Texas at Austin

ITALIAN PROSE AND THE ARTS: FRANCESCO ROSI'S SCREEN ADAPTATION OF CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI, Giuliana Fazzion, James Madison University

FIAMMETTA'S 'ELEGIA' AS SPANISH 'GALEOTTO', Marina Brownlee, University of Pennsylvania

Sunday, April 22 / 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Philadelphia Center City, Society Hill, and Old City Tour

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