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Stratégies De Légitimation Et Modalités De Réception Des Littératures Francophones En Italie, Cristina Minelle, Lucie Picard Dec 2003

Stratégies De Légitimation Et Modalités De Réception Des Littératures Francophones En Italie, Cristina Minelle, Lucie Picard

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This paper offers an overview of a broad research project concerned with the current diffusion of Francophone Literatures in Italy. The study comprises several components: a review of the academic literature; a survey of relevant websites; the analysis of publisher’s catalogues; archival analysis and face-to-face research at Universities and other Francophone cultural centres. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, the study offers an articulate though lively account of the state of Francophone Literatures in Italy.

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Pippo: An Italian Folklore Mystery Of World War Ii, Alan R. Perry Jan 2003

Pippo: An Italian Folklore Mystery Of World War Ii, Alan R. Perry

Italian Faculty Publications

During the German occupation of Northern Italy (1943-45), the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns, Nazifascists raided villages looking for partisans, and food grew ever more scarce. When night fell many Italians had to contend with another menace, a mysterious aircraft that they were sure was specifically after them and their loved ones. So real and yet mysterious was this aircraft that they gave it a name: Pippo. No one was quite sure if it was German or Allied, single-engine or double-engine, if it dropped bombs, or what its primary mission was, but …

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Un’Agra Salita. Lettura Di ‘Autostrada Della Cisa’ Di Vittorio Sereni, Stefano Giannini Jan 2003

Un’Agra Salita. Lettura Di ‘Autostrada Della Cisa’ Di Vittorio Sereni, Stefano Giannini

Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics - All Scholarship

Luciano Bianciardi (1922-1971) wants to open a dialogue with his friend Vittorio Sereni (1913-1983) through the pages of his best-selling novel La vita agra (1962). Sereni does not respond immediately, and the approach seems not to have received Sereni’s attention. The analysis of Sereni’s 1981 poem “Autostrada della Cisa” proves that he ultimately decided to reply to his friend’s irreverent, yet congenial, comments, albeit nearly 20 years later. This article underlines the existential crisis expressed by Sereni in his poem, accompanied by his willingness to enter into a dialogue with any reader, despite the nihilistic outcomes he foresees. His efforts …

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Grendler, Paul F.: The Universities Of The Italian Renaissance [Book Review], Chris L. Nighman Jan 2003

Grendler, Paul F.: The Universities Of The Italian Renaissance [Book Review], Chris L. Nighman

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Loyola University Rome Center 2002-2003, Loyola University Rome Center Jan 2003

Loyola University Rome Center 2002-2003, Loyola University Rome Center

Rome Center Yearbooks

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Primo Levi, Ilona Klein Jan 2003

Primo Levi, Ilona Klein

Faculty Publications

Born in Turin, 31 July 1919, to Cesare Levi, engineer, and wife Ester (née Luzzati). Studied at Liceo-Ginnasio D'Azeglio from 1934; University of Turn, degree in chemistry, 1941. Joined partisans in Valle D'Aosta to fight German invaders, 1943; arrested and sent to Carpi-Fossoli internment camp near Modena. Deported to Auschwitz, February 1944; worked as slave laborer at rubber factory of Buns-Monowitz (I.G. Farben, Auschwitz III). Liberated by Soviet army, 1945; after long journey through central and easter Europe, reunited with family in Turin, October 1945. Married Lucia Morpurgo, teacher, 1947; two children. Worked as industrial chemist for SIVA (paints, enamels, …

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