Marco Petrelli

Location: PIAZZA TORRICELLI, 2, 56126 PISA

Email: marco.petrelli@unipi.it

Profile

Position: Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240/2010

Unit: Dipartimento di Filologia, Letteratura e Linguistica

Scientific-disciplinary sector: Letterature Anglo-americane ANGL-01/B

Marco Petrelli is Assistant Professor (RTDb) of Anglo-American Literatures at the Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics, University of Pisa. After obtaining a Ph.D. in English-language Literatures from the University of Rome "Sapienza," he taught at the University of Catania, the University of Parma, the University of Turin, and the University of Bologna. He published a number of essays in Italian and international journals on authors such as Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner, Stephen King, Sara Taylor, Jesmyn Ward, Toni Morrison, H.P. Lovecraft, Alan Moore, and Natasha Trethewey. He also authored "Paradiso in nero. Spazio e mito nella narrativa di Cormac McCarthy" (2020), "Nick Cave. Preghiere di fuoco e ballate assassine" (2021); co-authored "Cormac McCarthy: saggi a margine del canone" (2020); and translated George Orwell's "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" into Italian (2021). His research interests include the literatures and cultures of the U.S. South, the American Gothic, African American Literature, Postmodernism, Geocriticism, and Graphic Narratives. He is a literary critic for the newspaper "il manifesto." His latest essay are "A Theory of Southern Time and Space: Memory, Place and Identity in Natasha Trethewey's Native Guard," published in "The Southern Quarterly," and “‘I need the story to go’: Sing, Unburied, Sing, Afropessimism, and Black Narratives of Redemption,” in "Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays" (Edinburgh UP). He is currently working on a book on African American ghost stories.









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Mode of office hours: Dal 25/11/2024 e per tutto il mese di dicembre gli orari di ricevimento potrebbero subire delle variazioni. Gli studenti sono pregati di inviare una mail a marco.petrelli@unipi.it prima di presentarsi in studio. Starting from November 25, 2024, and throughout the month of December, office hours may be subject to changes. Please send an email to marco.petrelli@unipi.it before coming to my office.

Location: Via Santa Maria 67, Stanza 22

Time: Mercoledì, 09:30-11:30

Research

Research interests

African American literature, Southern studies, the American gothic, Critical Race Theory, graphic narratives, Geocriticism.

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