A group dedicated to new approaches to teaching women’s writing in the Italian classroom.
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Carol Chiodo replied to the topic The Ferrante Effect in the discussion
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 1 year, 7 months agoA recent issue of MLN (Vol. 136) edited by Tiziana de Rogatis, Stiliana Milkova, Katrin Wehling-Giorgi was dedicated entirely to Elena Ferrante in a global context. Their introduction describes how the issue grew organically out of a mutual interest in the author, enhanced by a three-day seminar at the ACLA convention (2017), three panels at the…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo deposited De nostri temporis studiorum ratione and the Digital Humanities in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 1 year, 7 months agoTaking a page from eighteenth century philosopher Gianbattista Vico, this is a brief reflection on how Italian Studies scholars might view their work differently in light of the digital turn.
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Carol Chiodo deposited Beatrice in the Tag Cloud in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 1 year, 7 months agoThe article details how to lead students through Dante’s Divine Comedy using low stakes writing assignments to seed a web-based resource for writing about the Comedy.
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Carol Chiodo deposited Dante for Mothers in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 1 year, 7 months agoThis chapter details the efforts of the kindergarten educator, Elizabeth Harrison, to introduce Dante’s Divine Comedy to children in the midwestern United States during the late nineteenth century.
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Carol Chiodo replied to the topic The Ferrante Effect in the discussion
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 3 years agoMore conversations on Ferrante and on the work of translation from two remarkable women, Jhumpa Lahiri and Ann Goldstein.
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Carol Chiodo started the topic The Ferrante Effect in the discussion
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoNYTimes looks the “Ferrante effect” on the contemporary publishing landscape in Italy – lots of wonderful titles (some also available in English translation) available for a syllabus of women writers in Italian, including a personal favorite, Igiaba Scego.
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Carol Chiodo started the topic New resource at the Library of Congress in the discussion
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoGreat new aquisition @librarycongress: nearly complete run of the Italian women’s periodical, “La Cordelia: Foglio settimanale per le Giovinette Italiane” from first issue in November 1881 through 1928, and 1933 through 1935. #womeninItalian
https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/03/alternative-public-forums-for-italian-women-authors…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo posted an update in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoI am looking for information about this online project on Italian Women Writers at the University of Chicago Libraries. Any information about the history of the project, its data and current plans for development (or obsolescence) are much appreciated. http://artflsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/efts/textdbs/iww/authoridx.pl?sortorder=auth_century
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Carol Chiodo posted an update in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoThis mapping project, by the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab, is an interesting teaching tool to explore Italian immigrant populations in the U.S. over time. It can be used in conjunction with Melania Mazzucco’s 2003 novel _Vita_ (also available in English translation from Picador), or Edvige Giunta’s edited 2002 collection…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo started the topic Calls for papers in the discussion
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoMLA 2019 – deadline March 15, 2018
Please consider submitting an abstract for one of two sessions proposed by the Dante Society of America for the next Modern Language Association Convention, to be held in Chicago on Jan. 3-6, 2019.
The calls for papers are below. Abstracts and short bios are requested by March 15, 2018. Please
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Carol Chiodo posted an update in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoColumbia University’s Women Film Pioneers in Film project has a profile in English on Neapolitan writer, journalist and screenwriter Matilde Serao https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-matilde-serao/
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Carol Chiodo posted an update in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoWelcome! I am developing several units on women’s voices for the intermediate and advanced language classroom. Here is one on Alina Marazzi’s documentary “Vogliamo anche le rose” and the sexual revolution in Italy. Feel free to share, comment or add your ideas!…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo posted an update in the group
Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoAre you interested in bringing more women’s writing into your language classroom? Do you teach courses that focus on Italian women writers or are you in the process of developing one? Please join us and share your resources with other Italian scholars interested in amplifying women’s voices.
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Women in Italian on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months ago