Research Area
Active Research fields
Modern and contemporary Chinese literature. In particular:
a) the post-Mao era development of the short story (duanpian xiaoshuo)
b) the development of the Chinese poetry starting from the '60s (XX century)
c) the development of the Chinese literary criticism
d) the Chinese approach to translation
e) Chinese literature of the beginning of the XX century
Research projects of the last 5 years
2016-2017, CoRI funding (University of Palermo): Beijing Shoudu Shifan Daxue professor to illustrate concepts and categories of emotion in Chinese literature.
2015-2016, PRIN project (no funding) on Literature and Lacan, with reference to Chinese literature, under the supervision of Prof. Alessandro madonia (University of Palermo).
2012-2013, FFR project on theatre about the diffusion of the Italian "drammatica" (special focus on Chinese theatre), under the supervision of Prof. Anna Sica (University of Palermo).
2009-2010, CoRI funding (University of Palermo): Prof. Maurizio Marinelli, University of Sidney, has described the relations between the city of Tianjin and Italy, and in particular with Sicily during the period of the foreign concessions at the beginning of the XX century.