Susanna Ferlito- on Sabbatical '08-'09
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Department of French and Italian |
Statement of Interests
Professor Ferlito's teaching and research examines Italian literary and cultural practices from the eighteenth century to contemporary times. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to cultural differences. Recent courses developed include "Negotiating Film and Literature," "Italian Femininsms and Women Writers," "Italian Travelers," and "Passionate Beings: Literary and Medical Practices in France and Italy." Professor Ferlito is currently conducting research for a book-length study on gender and emigration to the New Europe.
Publications
Books
Topographies of Desire: Manzoni, Cultural Practices and Colonial Scars (Peter Lang).
Articles
"The Outsider Within: Importing Alessandro Manzoni's Lettre à M.C*** sur les unités de temps et de lieu dans la tragédie." Comparative Literature Studies, 35:2 (1998): 1-24.
"The Daughter's Fear of the Mother's Tongue: Secrecy and Gossip in Manzoni's Promessi Sposi," Modern Language Notes, 113 (1998): 30-51.
"Mapping European Philosophy: The Coy Politics of Manzoni's Lettre à Victor Cousin," Modern Language Quarterly, 59:2 (1998): 195-229.