Philology and literary studies
Our project aims at investigating the representation of cognitive disability in drama texts from the sixteenth century to today, with a focus on the reception of a few Shakespearean female characters: first and foremost, Ophelia, but also the Jailer’s Daughter in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Lady Macbeth and Cassandra. Historically, women have been discriminated against […]
In the context of a comprehensive and wide meaning of inclusion – characterised by the valorisation of every kind of diversity -, theatre and the performing arts have received an increasing attention within the interdisciplinary fields of Disability studies (in particular, Disability Theatre) and Accessibility studies. The concept of “inclusive theatre” (“inclusive theatre-making” Di Giovanni […]
New phenomena such as digital social reading, instapoets, and the “rating culture” expressed in online reviews challenge traditional literary criticism in newspapers and journals. Millions of reviews on platforms such as Amazon or Goodreads are part of this culture of participation and a counterweight to professional criticism. At the same time, successful instapoets such as […]
The DHT project, which runs parallel to the important project of the Gruppo di Studio sul Cinquecento Francese, Théâtre français de la Renaissance (TFR) as well as the DUBI, DUBOE and Digital Pléiade projects, is based on the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles and on the need for accessibility of Renaissance French theatre […]
The present-day knowledge of Russian music tradition from the 18th to the early 19th centuries, with respect to the operatic stage, still lacks systematic study, and this is due to two factors: The traditional bias toward music produced in Russia before the life and activity of composer Mikhail I. Glinka (1804 – 1857), which was […]
The project intends to continue the indexing, already begun in the previous five years and aimed at creating a database, of an important French women’s journal of the nineteenth century, La Gazette des femmes. Journal poétique, littéraire, artistique, judiciaire et religieux… [1841-1847], kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, and never digitized. The […]