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Gabriele Belletti

Assistant Professor of Italian and French
Ph.D., Università di firenze-Université de Nantes (dual-degree)

Office Hours — Fall 2023

  • Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9:20 to 10:20 a.m.
  • Or by appointment

Gabriele Belletti (PhD, Università di Firenze-Université de Nantes) is an Assistant Professor in Italian and French. After completing his undergraduate studies in Philosophy at the University of Bologna, he continued his doctoral and post-doctoral research in France (Vinci Scholarship). He works primarily in environmental humanities, 20th and 21st century poetics, migration studies, and the literary relations between Italy and France. He has published articles and books on contemporary poetics, including his most recent volume Objet et Sujet dans les Miroirs de la Poésie. His poems and translations have been published in a variety of journals, such as Alfabeta2, Quaderna, and Atelier. His collection of poems, Krill, focused on the environmental disaster caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico, was recently adapted into a theatrical production for the European Green Poetry Festival.

Areas of Interest

Environmental Humanities, Italian and French Poetics, Philosophy, Translation, Migration studies.

Courses Taught

  • Beginning Italian 1 (ITA1130)
  • Beginning Italian 2 (ITA1131)
  • Intermediate Italian 1 (ITA2220)
  • Intermediate Italian 2 (ITA2221)
  • Modern Italian Poetry (ITW4330)
  • Contemporary Italian Culture (ITA3564)
  • Grammar and Composition (ITA3420)
  • Italian Civilization (ITA3500)
  • Composition and Stylistics (FRE3320)

Publications (Selection)

Books, Edited Volumes and Journals

  • Belletti, G. (2021). Objet et Sujet dans les Miroirs de la Poésie. Dijon: Al Dante-Les Presses du Réel. 326 pp.
  • Belletti, G. and Schiavone, I., eds. (2021). Abitabilità del Gruppo 93. Special issue of Rivista di Studi Italiani, 1. 675 pp.
  • Belletti, G., Garelli, G. and Martinengo A., eds. (2020), La «Poetica» e le sue Interpretazioni. Bologna: Pendragon. 264 pp.

Articles and Book Chapters

  • Belletti, G. (2023). Poetiche Dialettali e Paesaggio Culturale. In Ecologia e Lavoro. Ed. C. Baghetti, M. Candiloro, J. Carter, P. Chirumbolo and M. L. Mura. Milan: Mimesis. 315-330.
  • Belletti, G. (2022). Ecocentrismo e Spargimento. L’Ospite Ingrato, 11: 125-141.
  • Belletti, G. (2021). Il Prendere Corpo dell’Io. Contatto di Tommaso Ottonieri. Rivista di Studi Italiani, 1: 194-199.