Phd in CLASSICAL AND MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES

Vincenzo Spanò earned his Bachelor's Degree in Modern Literature at Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna in 2017 (final mark: 110/110 cum laude). He spent the academic year 2015-16 at University of Paris IV-Sorbonne as exchange student, where he studied French and Comparative Literature. He then achieved his Master's Degree in Modern Philology at University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 2019 (final mark: 110/110 cum laude) with a dissertation in Comparative Literature, concerning the Electra myth in Eugene O'Neill and Jean Giraudoux, supervised by Professor Franca Sinopoli. At present he is PhD student in Italian Studies/Comparative Literature at "La Sapienza" (cycle XXXVI) with a research project that follows his interest in myth criticism and whose aim is to propose an updated and comparative analysis of the Electra and Orestes myth in twentieth-century literature and in contemporary rewritings, through the medium of the newest insights of literary criticism. His current fields of interest include Literary Theory, the use of myths and archetypes in modern and contemporary literature, Gender and Trauma Studies.