Faculty
Cristina Pausini
A native of Bologna, Cristina received her Bachelor's of Arts ("Laurea") in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Bologna in 1990. In 1991 she went to Brown University on a Fulbright Scholarship and earned a Master's degree in English in 1993. She then pursued a doctoral program in the Italian department at Brown where she had served as a teaching assistant since 1991. She received her Ph.D. in 1998 with a dissertation on Sicilian writer Maria Messina by the title: Le "briciole" della letteratura: i racconti e i romanzi di Maria Messina (The "Crumbs" of Literature: Maria Messina's Short-Stories and Novels) published in Italy by Clueb in 2001. Cristina is a Lecturer in the department of Italian Studies at Wellesley College where she teaches all levels of language courses. Her interests include modern and contemporary literature, women's studies, and the pedagogy of Italian as a foreign language. She is the co-author of two textbooks: Italian Through Film (Yale University Press, 2004) and Italian Through Film, the Classics (Yale University Press, 2007).
Courses
- Italian 101
- Italian 102
- Italian 201
- Italian 202
- Italian 103
- Italian 203
Italian Through Film, the Classics
"Italian Through Film: The Classics is a flexible tool for teachers who strive towards content-based instruction and believe that learning a language should be meaningful and enjoyable. It is based around fifteen classic Italian films which are frequently found in the libraries of many schools and universities, and which can otherwise easily be rented from any video store. It is an adaptable ancillary tool geared towards both high school and college instruction as well as towards adult education. It is comprised of fifteen chapters, one for each of the fifteen selected movies."
- Italian Through Film
This supplementary text for elementary to intermediate courses in Italian is structured around stimulating discussions of ten contemporary Italian films, among them Cinema Paradiso, La vita e bella, Mediterraneo, and Il postino. With a chapter devoted to each movie, the book effectively fosters a deeper understanding of both Italian language and culture, and it is adaptable for any level of language instruction.
Le "briciole" della letteratura: i racconti e i romanzi di Maria Messina
Questo testo si propone come studio monografico globale e sistematico su Maria Messina, della quale viene fornita una biografia attingendo - oltre che allo scambio di corrispondenza tra Maria Messina e Giovanni Verga pubblicato a cura di Giovanni Garra Agosta -, ad un certo carteggio inedito tra la scrittrice e l'editore Enrico Bemporad, ritrovato presso l'archivio storico della casa editrice Giunti di Firenze e riportato parzialmente in appendice. Inoltre, sono analizzate separatamente le novelle, i romanzi e la produzione per fanciulli, che costituisce l'aspetto piu' trascurato della narrativa di questa autrice.
Books
*Header images from Web Gallery of Art
"La Disputa (detail)" - 1510-1511, RAFFAELLO Sanzio
"Study for Adam" - 1509, RAFFAELLO Sanzio
"Portrait of Maddalena Doni" - 1506, RAFFAELLO Sanzio
"Young Man With an Apple" - 1505, RAFFAELLO Sanzio
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