Biography

Angela Porcarelli is Lecturer, Italian Studes. Dr. Porcarelli specializes in elementary and intermediate Italian language; Italian literature and culture; Italian cinema. She conducts research in medieval and Renaissance literature; theories and literary expressions of comedy, with a particular focus on the genre of the beffa. Modern Italian literature and cinema (Italo Calvino, Umberto Eco, Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini); second language acquisition and technology.