Romance Languages and Literatures
Mattia Acetoso
Associate Professor of Italian
Graduate Program Director
Mattia Acetoso
Ph.D.
Contact
Lyons Hall 307C
Telephone: 617-552-3238鈥�
Email: mattia.acetoso@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Laurea (B.A.), University of Bologna, Italy
- M.A., Yale University
- M.Phil, Yale University
- Ph.D., Yale University
Research Interests
Modern Italian poetry music and literature; the literature of exile; contemporary Italian cinema; magical realism and the fantastic
Recent Public Presentations (selected)
鈥淎 Thin Horizon: Antonio Tabucchi鈥檚 Existential Fantastic.鈥� Through the Looking Glass: Spaces of the Fantastic as Reflections on the Present. Northeast Modern Language Association. Boston University (Boston, MA) - March 2020
鈥淭he Baritone鈥檚 Dream: Montale, Manrico, and Other Prisoners (of Poetry).鈥� Annual Homecoming Lecture Series. Yale University (New Haven CT) - October 2019
鈥淩enato Poggioli Beyond the Exile.鈥� Lecture series 鈥淓silio e creativit脿.鈥� Italian Cultural Institution of New York (New York, NY) - December 2018
鈥淔rom Bayreuth to Fiume: D鈥橝nnunzio鈥檚 Visions of an Italian Tragic Theater.鈥� Histories and Border Crossings. Italian Sonorities and Acoustic Communities. Listening to Soundscapes of Italianit脿. Calandra Italian American Institute Annual Conference (New York, NY) - April 2017
鈥淎 Deafening Silence: Eugenio Montale鈥檚 Poetry, Between Music and Words.鈥� Intertwining Muses? A Comparative Approach to Literature and Music. American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). March 2016 聽
鈥沦补产补鈥檚 Ernesto as a Coming-of-Age Story Told Through Music.鈥� Coming of Age in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature. Northeast Modern Language Association. University of Connecticut (Hartford, CT). March 2016
鈥淔antasmi dell鈥檕pera nel Novecento italiano.鈥� Public presentation for the 鈥淐ircolo Italiano di Boston.鈥� Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). April 2015
鈥淪trange Mercy: Montale鈥檚 Storm and other Tragic Dreams.鈥� Campus Visit during the application process for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Italian at Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA).聽 January 2015
鈥淩enato Poggioli鈥檚 (Unending) Exile and the Problem of Return.鈥� A Forgotten Generation: The Exile of Italian Intellectuals to the United States During the Interwar Years. Italian American Studies Association. University of Toronto (Toronto, ON, Canada). October 2014
鈥�Hands of Time Over the City: Reflections on Italo Calvino and the Temporality of the Urban Experience.鈥� Capitals of Culture and the Immeasurable Wealth of Passing Time. American Comparative Literature Association. New York University (New York, NY). April 2014.
鈥�.鈥� Verdi 200th. A Celebration of Giuseppe Verdi鈥檚 Bicentenary (1813-2013). Boston College, MA. October 2013.
鈥淒aughter of Love: Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Verdi, and National Identity.鈥� Concerts of Words: Italian Literature and Music. American Association of Italian Studies. Eugene, OR. April 2013.
鈥淔rozen Little Hand: Opera as Alternative to the Avant-Garde.鈥� Crises of Mind, Collapsing of Forms: Exploring Audiovisual Art and the Literature of the Avant-Garde, 1920-1940. American Comparative Literature Association. Providence, RI. April 2012.
鈥�I bambini ci guardano ancora: The Portrayal of Youth in Garrone鈥檚 Gomorra.鈥� American Association of Italian Studies. Pittsburgh, PA. April 2011.
鈥淭he Double Sided Portrait of Power in Il divo.鈥� Italian Cinema in the Present Tense. American Association of Italian Studies. New York City, NY. May 2009.
鈥淩enato Poggioli and the Timid steps of Russian Poetry in Italy.鈥� Slavic-Italian Colloquium. Yale University. April 2009.