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The literary patronage of Lodovico II Gonzaga, Marchese of Mantua 1444-1478
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2010)The scope of my research was to bring to life the figure of Lodovico Gonzaga as an erudite humanist statesman. Although he is often framed in such terms, conventional definitions such as "pupil of Vittorino da Feltre" ... -
The writer as translator : the Einaudi series Scrittori tradotti da scrittori
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2015)This study investigates translation by creative writers as a separate instance from translation by ‘ordinary’ (professional) translators. The research takes its cue from the Einaudi series ‘Scrittori tradotti da scrittori’. ... -
Towards a postcolonial translation : Patrick White's Voss in Italian and French
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2014)This thesis examines the novel Voss (1957) by the Australian writer Patrick White with the aim of defining a) potential issues of translatability and ethics arising from the text’s postcolonial hybrid culture b) the actual ... -
Towards a Theory of the Anxiety of Ontology : differentiated working strategies, dramaturgical manipulations and the theme of death in the work of Marina Carr and Emma Dante
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2013)This thesis provides a feminist and comparative analysis of the unique ontological position of two contemporary female playwrights, Marina Carr and Emma Dante, in the Republic of Ireland and Italy. It interrogates the ... -
Umberto Eco and Rabelaisian grotesque : Bakhtinian echoes and sociopolitical criticism in the fictional works of Umberto Eco
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2013)Despite the fact that Eco is a world-renowned public intellectual with an evident desire to contribute to the changes of contemporary Italian society, scholarly literature has given little attention to the sociopolitical ... -
Weeping and smiling in Dante's works
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of Italian, 2022)This study shows the function and significance of tears and smiles in two of Dante's major works, the Vita Nuova and the Commedia, filling a lacuna in the existing literature: this dissertation constitutes the first ...