AAIS 2001
American Association of Italian Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Thursday, April 19 - Sunday, April 22, 2001
Conference Program
Thursday, April 19
Thursday, April 19 / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Conference
Registration
Inn at Penn/Reception Area
Thursday, April 19 / 1:30 - 3:00 PM
Conference Sessions
Inn
at Penn/Regent
THE CULTURE OF RETURN, I
Organizer
and Chair: Millicent Marcus, University of Pennsylvania
IGNAZIO SILONE AND THE CULTURE OF RETURN, Santa Casciani, John Carroll University
THE ANATOMY OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GIOSE RIMANELLI'S NARRATIVE IN FAMILIA, Romana Capek-Habekovic, University of Michigan
THE LEGENDARY RETURN, Rinamaria Narducci, University of Pennsylvania
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands C
LETTERATURA E MERCI
Organizer
and Chair: Stefania Lucamante, The Catholic University of America
SCRIVERE OGGI NELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA E PROBLEMI DI EDITORIA, Jacqueline Samperi Mangan, Concordia University
IL MOMENTO DELLO SMARRIMENTO: UNA LETTURA CRITICA DI "MARCOVALDO AL SUPERMARKET", Paul D'Agostino, Rutgers University
LA SCRITTURA È UN RETROVIRUS. LORENZO MIGLIOLI E L'USO DELLA PRODUCIBILITÀ IPER-LETTERARIA, Gius Gargiulo, Université de Paris X- Nanterre
DAI CANNIBALI A LUTHER BLISSET, Gian Paolo Renello, University of Trento
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
D
MEDICINA E LETTERATURA (1800-1900)
Organizer
and Chair: Grazia Menechella, University of Wisconsin-Madison
IL ROMANZIERE "FISIOLOGICO": PAOLO MANTEGAZZA, UN GIORNO A MADERA, Daniela Curti, Centro Interuniversitario "Simbolo Conoscenza Societa'", Universita' di Siena
IL RITORNO ALL'UMANITA' IN CONVERSAZIONE IN SICILIA: LA MALATTIA COME FORZA SIMBOLICA, Rosa Zagari Marinzoli, The College of New Jersey
IL DESIDERIO DEI RENI DI MICK JAGGER: I CORPI IMPOTENTI DI FORTUNATO, VINCI E PETRIGNANI, Grazia Menechella, University of Wisconsin-Madison
SPEAKING WITH A CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH: ITALO SVEVO'S MINOR STUTTERING, Deborah Amberson, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 19 / 3:00 - 3:15 pm
Refreshments
Inn at Penn/Reception Area
Thursday, April 19 / 3:15 - 4:45 pm
Conference Sessions
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
A
SCRITTURA NARRATIVA E SCRITTURA BIOGRAFICA NEL RINASCIMENTO
Organizer:
Manuela Scarci, University of Toronto
Chair: Olga Pugliese, University of Toronto
L'AVVENTURA NAPOLETANA DI VASARI NEL RACCONTO DEL PROTAGONISTA, Francesco Divenuto, Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
IL GENERE LETTERARIO DELLE BIOGRAFIE E LE VITE DEL VASARI, Pasquale Sabbatino, Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
VERONICA FRANCO PROTAGONISTA DELLE PROPRIE LETTERE, Gabriele Niccoli, St. Jerome's College, University of Waterloo
BANDELLO E LA TRADIZIONE NOVELLISTICA, Manuela Scarci, University of Toronto
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
B
WORD AND IMAGE, I
Organizer
and Chair: Franco Ricci, University of Ottawa
THE RESEGONE, THE DUOMO AND THE CITY OF BERGAMO, Glenn Pierce, University of Missouri
A WORLD OF RUINS: ALLEGORICAL VISION IN VINCENZO CONSOLO'S RETABLO, Tullio Pagano, Dickinson College
CALVINO E MELOTTI: ICONOGRAFIA DI CITTÀ, Letizia Modena, Johns Hopkins University
Inn
at Penn/Regent
THE CULTURE OF RETURN, II
Organizer:
Millicent Marcus, University of Pennylvania
Chair: Rinamaria Narducci, University of Pennylvania
TRANSLATION AS RETURN: UGO FOSCOLO AND CARY'S VERSION OF THE DIVINE COMEDY, Cosetta Gaudenzi, University of Georgia at Athens
"O LOENSIN A-O RIO JANEIRO O NO SE GHE POEIVA CIÙ VEDDE." RAGIONI PER TORNARE, RESTARE O RIPARTIRE IN UN ANONIMO GENOVESE DEL 1883, TIZIANA BAROLINI E JOHN FANTE, Marco Codebò, University of California at Los Angeles
STRANIERI A CASA NOSTRA: EXILE AND RETURN AT ITALY'S EASTERN BORDER, Pamela Ballinger, Bowdoin College
Inn
at Penn/St.
Marks
WOMEN, RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ITALY
Organizer
and Chair: E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania
LITERARY COLLABORATION AND LANGUAGE IN THE LIVES OF UMILIANA DEI CERCHI (1219-1246), Anne M. Schuchman, New York University
LA "CITTA' PRESTATA": CONSIGLI AI POLITICI NELLE LETTERE DI CATERINA DA SIENA, Laura Baffoni Licata, Tufts University
THE IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS RULES ON THE VITAE OF MEDIEVAL SAINTS, Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner, Loyola College in Maryland
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
C
LA SAPIENZA NELLA SCRITTURA E LA GIUSTIZIA DELL'AUTORE NELLA LETTERATURA
ITALIANA
Organizer:
Giorgio Melloni, State University of New York at New Paltz
Chair: Michael Papio, College of the Holy Cross
CIBO DELLA GIUSTIZIA E GIUSTIZIA DEL CIBO. IL MODELLO MATERNO DELLA SAPIENZA NEL MANZONI DA IN MORTE DI CARLO IMBONATI AGLI INNI SACRI, Giorgio Melloni, State University of New York at New Paltz
VERGA AND THE LIMITS OF INTERPRETATION, Morena Corradi, Brown University
IL PESO DELLE PAROLE: PRIMO LEVI E PAUL CELAN TRA ETICA E LETTERATURA, Sergio Parussa, Wellesley College
SUBJECTIVE JUSTICE IN THE THEATER OF UGO BETTI, Anastasia Moschos-Kambolis, Seton Hall University
Inn
at Penn/Chancellor
THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE THEN AND NOW: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF IMPROVISATION
Organizer:
Nancy L. D'Antuono, Saint Mary's College-Notre Dame
Chair: Rosalind Kerr, University of Alberta, Canada
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF IMPROVISATION: A PRESENTATION OF THE CASAMARCIANO SCENARI COLLECTION, Francesco Cotticelli, Naples, Italy
TEXTS, PRE-TEXTS AND INTER-TEXTS: THOUGHTS ON READING COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE SCENARIOS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LA CASA CON DUE PORTE, Thomas Heck, Emeritus, Ohio State University
FROM 'CASAMARCIANO' ITALIAN TO CONVENTIONAL ENGLISH: SOME TRANSLATION PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LA CASA CON DUE PORTE, Anne Goodrich Heck, Independent Scholar and Professional Translator, Columbus, Ohio
THE CASAMARCIANO MANUSCRIPT AND SPANISH GOLDEN AGE COMEDY, Nancy L. D'Antuono, Saint Mary's College-Notre Dame
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
D
DANTE: MAJOR AND MINOR
Organizer:
AAIS COMMITTEE
Chair: Carlo Chiarenza, California State University at Long Beach
DANTE’S MONARCHIA, FRA GUIDO VERNANI, AND THE TWO GREAT LIGHTS, Anthony K. Cassell, University of Illinois, Urbana
IL CANTO DELLA "FINIS": PERCORSI TEOLOGICI NEL XXXIII CANTO DEL PARADISO DANTESCO, Diego Fasolini, University of Wisconsin
BRUNETTO, DURANTE AND THE DIDACTIC OF EROS, Elisabetta Sayiner, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 19 / 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Poetry
Reading
Bianca Tarozzi
Rosenwald Gallery
6th Floor Van Pelt Library/University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 19 / 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Reception
Rosenwald Gallery
6th Floor Van Pelt Library/University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 19 / 8:30 - 10:00 pm
Conference Round Tables
Inn
at Penn/Regent
WOMEN'S POETRY WORKSHOP
Organizer:
Victoria Surliuga, Rutgers University
Moderator: Tina Chiappetta, New York University
Participants:
THE
POETIC VOICE,
Antonia Arslan, Universita' di Padova
POETRY
AND PHILOSOPHY,
Siobhan
Nash-Marshall, University of St. Thomas at St. Paul
TRANSLATING
POETRY,
Tina Chiappetta, New York University
POETRY
READING,
Rita Dinale, Smith College, Emerita, Poet
POETRY
READING,
Marisa
Marcelli, Poet
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
C
ITALIAN JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES
Organizer and Moderator: Luigi Fontanella, State University of New York
Participants:
Dino
Cervigni, Univiversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Editor of Annali
d'Italianistica
Luigi
Fontanella, SUNY at Stony Brook, Editor of Gradiva
Sebastiano
Martelli, Universita' di Salerno, Direttore di Misure Critiche
Mario
B. Mignone, Director of Forum Italicum
Luca
Somigli, University of Toronto, Associate Editor of Rivista di Studi
Italiani
Inn
at Penn/Woodlands
D
TRANSLATING AND TRANSMITTING
Organizer:
Irene Marchegiani Jones, California State University, Long Beach
Moderator: Massimo Mandolini Pesaresi, Columbia University
Participants:
Massimo
Mandolini Pesaresi, Columbia Unversity
Irene
Marchegiani Jones, California State University, Long Beach
Barbara
Carle, University of North Texas
Charles
Jernigan, California State University, Long Beach
Inn
at Penn/St.
Marks
TAVOLA RETTANGOLARE: RESULTS OF "THE GRADUATE SEMINAR THE RESISTANCE
NARRATIVES BETWEEN HISTORY AND FICTION"
Organizer and Chair: Federica Brunori Deigan, University of Pennsylvania
REWRITING THE RESISTANCE: BEPPE FENOGLIO FROM APPUNTI PARTIGIANI TO I VENTITRE' GIORNI DELLA CITTA DI ALBA, Fabiana Cecchini, Tom Kelso, Christine Recchia, and Georgina Torello, University of Pennsylvania
LIGTH SYMBOLS, HEAVY HISTORY: ITALO CALVINO'S ULTIMO VIENE IL CORVO, Giovanna Faleschini, Meg Greenberg, Nicoletta Marini Maio, and Elena Past, University of Pennsylvania