Linguistic, philological and literary sciences
Host Department
Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies
Webpage
http://www.maldura.unipd.it/disll-corso-di-dottorato/en.html
Modern and contemporary comparative literatures
Research Topic B
Abstract of the proposed UNIPhD research project
The research project concerns how Anglo-American science fiction are translated and accepted by Italian readers and how Italian authors are influenced. While science fiction has been mostly undervalued in Italian literary criticism, recent years saw a resurgence in interest. Although Italian science fiction was heavily influenced of foreign models, there is non comprehensive study of the subject. This research will fill the blank area of Anglo- American science fiction translation phenomenon sin postwar Italy.
Short bio
Zhang Qiyue, graduated from Nanjing Normal University, majored in Italian literature with a master’s degree. She was born in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, China. She started to learn Italian 8 years ago, at Tianjin Foreign Studies University, where developed her interests on Italian literature. She has been in Italy for twice as an exchange student. She is an inquisitive person in research with original perspective.
