CASTELLANA RICCARDO

Presentation

I teach Contemporary Italian literature and I deal in particular with these topics:

- anthropological criticism and the relationships between literature and popular traditions

- biofiction and hybridizations between factual discourse and fictional discourse

- the narratological analysis of the novel and short story from the nineteenth century to today

Office hours

  • Thursday from 11:00 to 13:00
    Place: Stanza 465, S. Niccolò. A distanza: https://unisi.webex.com/meet/riccardo.castellana. Gradita richiesta di appuntamento. Il docente risponde alle mail dal lunedì al venerdì fino alle ore 17.
    Note: ATTENZIONE:. Ricevimento del 16 ottobre posticipato al 17.

Contacts

0577232179 [int.2179]

Teaching activities

Completion accademic year: 2025/2026

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ITALIAN STUDIES A.Y. 2025/2026
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY A.Y. 2024/2025

Completion accademic year: 2024/2025

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ITALIAN STUDIES A.Y. 2024/2025

Completion accademic year: 2023/2024

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ITALIAN STUDIES A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY A.Y. 2022/2023

Completion accademic year: 2022/2023

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ITALIAN STUDIES A.Y. 2022/2023
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY A.Y. 2021/2022

Completion accademic year: 2021/2022

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) ITALIAN STUDIES A.Y. 2021/2022
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY A.Y. 2020/2021

Completion accademic year: 2020/2021

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) MODERN LITERATURES A.Y. 2020/2021

Research

Selected publications:

  • Castellana, R. (2019). Finzioni biografiche: teoria e storia di un genere ibrido. Roma : Carocci. - view more
  • Castellana, R. (2018). Finzione e memoria. Pirandello modernista. Napoli : Liguori. - view more
  • Castellana, R. (2014). Storie di figli cambiati. Fate, demoni e sostituzioni magiche tra folklore e letteratura. Pisa : Pacini. - view more
  • Castellana, R. (2013). La teoria letteraria di Erich Auerbach. Una introduzione a Mimesis. Roma : Artemide. - view more
  • Castellana, R. (2009). Parole cose persone. Il realismo modernista di Tozzi. PISA - ROMA : Fabrizio Serra Editore. - view more