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Valentina received her BA in Literature and her MA in Philology from the Universit脿 degli Studi di Padova, during which time she spent a year at the University of Warwick as a visiting student. She mainly considered intersections between Italian, English and American literature, working on Dante, Alfred Tennyson, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Jack Spicer. She continued her studies at Somerville College, University of Oxford, earning an MSt in Medieval and Modern Languages. Her thesis analysed and discussed textual representations of feminine figures in the Italian poetry of the Duecento. Valentina鈥檚 currently working under Dr. Heather Webb and her research focuses on the poetry of Guido Cavalcanti (c.1258-1300). Her broader interests mostly lie in the relationship between language and subjectivity, with a special interest in poetry and poetics.
Thesis:听Guido Cavalcanti, Rime. A study on textual subjectivity.
Valentina鈥檚 research focuses on the poetry of Guido Cavalcanti (c.1258-1300), regarded as one of the most innovative and intellectually challenging poets of the thirteenth century. With her thesis, she seeks to analyze the way in which the subject of the enunciation is encoded and articulated in Cavalcanti鈥檚听corpus, in order to rethink and challenge the idea of 鈥榯he innovative Cavalcanti鈥�, deepening current understanding of his听Rime.
鈥楧iafanit脿听e听desiderio. L鈥檌ncorporeit脿听femminile听nei听sonetti听鈥榃illowwood鈥� di D. G. Rossetti鈥�,听Dantis听Amor: i Rossetti e Dante,听Vasto, Palazzo D鈥橝valos,听19th-20th听November 2015.
鈥楲鈥橝nti-modello听della听Vita Nova e Giacomo听Leopardi鈥�,听Congresso听Internazionale听Alma Dante 2017,听Ravenna,听24th-27th听May 2017.
鈥樷�楧i听questa听donna non si puo鈥櫶齝ontare鈥�. Guido听Cavalcanti鈥檚 and Dante鈥檚听verbalisations听of the feminine ideal鈥�, Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds,听3rd-6th听July 2017.
鈥楲鈥檃ttesa听come听sublimazione听negata. Guido听Cavalcanti听e la听modernit脿鈥�, XLV听Convegno听Interuniversitario,听Bressanone,听7th-9th听July 2017.
