Browsing Italian (Theses and Dissertations) by Title

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    • Umberto Eco and Rabelaisian grotesque : Bakhtinian echoes and sociopolitical criticism in the fictional works of Umberto Eco 

      Bobbio, Nadia (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 

      Bonaldi, Giulia (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 ...