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English Studies in Italy: New Directions and Perspectives
A cura di Manuela D'Amore, Raffaele Zago, Paolo Bugliani, Alessia Polatti, Gianmarco Vignozzi
- Edizione: Dicembre 2024
- Collana: Lingue e Letterature Carocci
- ISBN: 9788829024285
- Pagine: 264
- Prezzo:
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In breve
This volume explores current trends in English Studies, presenting fresh research by a new generation of Italian scholars. Featuring work from the aia 30 Pre-Conference Symposium, it delves into linguistic studies on world Englishes, multimodal discourse and English for specific purposes (ESP). Equally engaging are the cultural and literary perspectives, which span Elizabethan drama to modern themes like ecological awareness and feminist thought. With a balance of traditional and contemporary methods, this collection showcases interdisciplinary depth, bridging historical context with the future of English Studies in a connected world.
This volume explores current trends in English Studies, presenting fresh research by a new generation of Italian scholars. Featuring work from the aia 30 Pre-Conference Symposium, it delves into linguistic studies on world Englishes, multimodal discourse and English for specific purposes (ESP). Equally engaging are the cultural and literary perspectives, which span Elizabethan drama to modern themes like ecological awareness and feminist thought. With a balance of traditional and contemporary methods, this collection showcases interdisciplinary depth, bridging historical context with the future of English Studies in a connected world.
Manuela D'Amore
Is an Associate Professor at the University of Catania. Her research primarily centres on travel and migration. Recently, she authored Literary Voices of the Italian Diaspora in Britain: Time, Transnational Identities and Hybridity (Palgrave, 2023).
Raffaele Zago
Is Associate Professor of English Linguistics and Translation at the University of Catania.
Paolo Bugliani
Is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pisa. His research focuses on 19th– and 20th-century life-writing, animal studies, and Anglo-Italian cultural relations. He recently re-translated and edited Mrs Dalloway.
Alessia Polatti
Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Bologna and Padua, examines Black British literature and migration narratives. Among her latest essays is Precarious Communities, Migrant Identities and the Loss of Relationality in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023).
Gianmarco Vignozzi
Assistant Professor at the University of Pisa, specialises in corpus-assisted discourse analysis and esp. Among his latest publications is I found this law firm on Google Reviews, and I wasn’t disappointed (ESP Across Cultures, 2023).