• Distorted bodies: gender, sexuality and performativity in twentieth-century Italian fantasy literature 

  O'Leary, Martina (University College Cork, 2018)

  Any examination of fantasy literature’s rich use of symbolic subject matter can reveal both the genre’s highly subversive potential, and its capacity to explore concepts generally perceived as off-limits, examples of which ...
• Il femminicidio raccontato: il discorso narrativo sulla violenza letale di genere tra giornalismo e letteratura 

  Mandolini, Nicoletta (University College Cork, 2018)

  Spostandosi dalla stretta nicchia dell’attivismo femminista al vasto panorama mediatico mainstream, la discussione italiana sulla violenza letale di genere alle donne (femminicidio) ha recentemente assunto i connotati di ...
• Origins of postmodern impegno: ethical and political commitment in the works of Gianni Celati 

  Ronchi Stefanati, Michele (University College Cork, 2019)

  This research investigates the role of Gianni Celati in the development of postmodern forms of impegno in contemporary Italy. It examines Celati’s entire works, as a writer, literary critic, translator and film-maker, from ...
• Wild woman: representations of female 'deviance' in modern and contemporary Italian fiction 

  Buckley, Claire (University College Cork, 2017)

  This study analyses the cultural and literary representation of female characters labelled “deviant” in Italian fiction. From the cultural context of nineteenth-century Italy up to that of the present day, I consider the ...
• The many voices of Piedmont: language, identity and alterity in the works of modern and contemporary Piedmontese writers 

  Raimondi, Andrea (University College Cork, 2015)

  The aim of this project is to carry out a linguistic analysis of a group of modern and contemporary narratives written by authors from the same Italian region: Piedmont. The novels and short stories examined stand out for ...

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