Fabio Vittorini
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Fabio Vittorini (born 19 December 1971) is an Italian literary critic, currently Professor of Comparative Literature at IULM University of Milano (Italy)[1] He is known for his studies on melodrama and on Italo Svevo. He has written many academic texts and essays.
Biography
In 1995 he graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Bologna, discussing a thesis about Shakespeare's and Verdi's Macbeth. In 1999 he got a Ph.D. in Theory and Analysis of Literary Text at the University of Bergamo discussing a thesis about Shakespeare and romantic melodrama, that later has been published imposing itself as point of reference in the critic literature on the subject [2]. Between 1996 and 2001 he gave seminars on Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the University of Bologna. Between 2001 and 2002 he was lecturer of Italian Contemporary Literature at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Since 2002 he is professor of Comparative Literature and Musical Languages for Audio-Visual Media at the University of Languages and Communication IULM of Milano, where he also coordinates a Master in Television, cinema and new media [3]. Between 2003 and 2007 he collaborates with Milano per la Scala Foundation and with Austrian Forum of Milano giving lectures on operas scheduled at Teatro alla Scala [4]. In 2004 he published the filological edition of La coscienza di Zeno in Complete Works of Italo Svevo (Mondadori), that imposes itself as basic edition for the Svevo's critics hereafter [5]. Since 2004 he writes for movie magazines “Duellanti” e “Nick”. Since 2009 he reviews musical events for newspaper “Il Manisfesto”. Since 2007 he is a member of the jury of Visual Arts Award San Fedele - Young Film-Makers, which takes place every year in Milano [6]. Since 2010 he is a member of the jury of Apertamente Award, which takes place every year in Palermo within Literary Festival Mondello Giovani [7].
Research Interests
His research interests are: theory of narrative text and history of contemporary novel; methodological relations between psychoanalysis and literary theory; comparative (historical and theoretic) relations between literature, cinema and music; theory and history of melodrama
Books
- Fabula e intreccio, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1998
- Shakespeare e il melodramma romantico, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2000
- Italo Svevo: Guida alla Coscienza di Zeno, Roma, Carocci, 2003
- La soglia dell’invisibile. Percorsi del Macbeth: Shakespeare, Verdi, Welles, Roma, Carocci, 2005
- Il testo narrativo, Roma, Carrocci, 2006
- Il sogno all’opera. Racconti onirici e testi melodrammatici, Palermo, Sellerio, 2010
Essays
- La Coscienza di Zeno (1923), in AA.VV., Quindici episodi del romanzo italiano (1831-1923), Bologna, Pendragon, 1999
- Shakespeare, Verdi et les Sorcières de «Macbeth», in AA. VV., Shakespeare avec Verdi, Cahiers du Festival d’Aix en Provence, 2002
- «Macbeth» et la mise en scène de l’inconscient, in AA. VV., Verdi e o seu tempo, in «Românica», Centro de Estudos Comparatistas de Lisboa, 2002, n. 11
- I sogni di Zeno, in AA.VV., Nel paese dei sogni, a cura di F. Vittorini e V. Pietrantonio, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2003
- «Ce beau genre de pathétique»: Amleto e il melodramma romantico, in AA. VV., Poesia romantica in musica, a cura di A. Caprioli, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2005
- Agli occhi della propria storia. Le identità inquiete di Pier Vittorio Tondelli, in AA. VV., Le identità giovanili raccontate nelle letterature del Novecento, a cura di C. A. Augieri, Lecce, Manni, 2005
- Il sorriso degli angeli: Romeo and Juliet all’opera (Vaccai, Bellini), in “Quaderni musicali Marchigiani”, vol. 11, a cura di R. Graciotti, Urbino, QuattroVenti, 2007
- «O vecchio cuore batti». Musica e orchestrazione in «Rime e Ritmi», in Qual musica attorno a Giosue. Nel centenario della morte di Carducci, a cura di P. Mioli, Bologna, Patron, 2009
- «Mi hai sedotto o Dio»: l’Altro e la distruzione di sé, in Le frontiere dell’alterità, a cura di P. Proietti e R. Boccali, Palermo, Sellerio, 2010
Interviews
- Interview to Fabio Vittorini on Bruce Springsteen (I part)[8]
- Interview to Fabio Vittorini on Bruce Springsteen (II part)[9]
- Interview to Fabio Vittorini on ApertaMente Award (Mondello Giovani 2010) [10]
- Interview to Fabio Vittorini on Master in Television, cinema and new media at IULM University [11]