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Unit: Dipartimento di Filologia, Letteratura e Linguistica
Scientific-disciplinary sector: Letterature Portoghese, Brasiliana e di Espressione Lusofona FLMR-01/C
Mode of office hours: e-mail: valeria.tocco@unipi.it
Location: Il ricevimento studenti in presenza si svolge nello studio della Prof.ssa Tocco, in Piazza Torricelli 2 (Palazzo Matteucci), 2° piano
Time:
La professoressa Tocco riceve in presenza previo appuntamento (valeria.tocco@unipi.it). In linea di massima, il martedì alle 12, ma è possibile concordare un orario e un giorno alternativi.
In alternativa, si possono concordare ricevimenti online su Microsoft Teams.
Si invitano gli studenti a contattare la docente via mail per concordare le modalità di interazione.
INZIO LEZIONI SECONDO SEMESTRE 2025-26
- FONDAMENTI di Letteratura in portoghese - Lunedì 16 febbraio, h.14.15 aula Boilleau 9
- Letteratura portoghese - Lunedì 16 febbraio, h. 10.15 aula Curini 1C
- Letteratura portoghese 3 - mercoledì 18 febbraio, h. 10.15 aula Ricci 9
A) LITERATURE
Over the years, I have devoted numerous studies to the most important poet of the Portuguese Renaissance – Luís Vaz de Camões – including an annotated edition of the epic poem Os Lusíadas, a monograph on the manuscript tradition of the poem, and a bilingual anthology of lyric poetry. I have also explored topics relating to the 16th and 17th centuries, producing works of a predominantly philological nature:
editions of Palacian poets
allegorical poetry
wisdom collections
Within this same historical period, I have also focused on:
Neo-Latin poetry
the revival of classical themes in Renaissance literature
Portuguese–Castilian bilingualism
Petrarchism
mirror literature
the Renaissance novel
cultural relations between Italy and Portugal
publishing models for poetry books
epic poetry
literary dreams
Baroque literature
I have also addressed topics from the modern and contemporary periods, in particular Modernism and the Avant-garde, critically analysing and translating authors such as:
Fernando Pessoa
José de Almada Negreiros
I have also taken an interest in
aspects of political and cultural history
authorial variants
Eça de Queirós
the postmodern novel
experimental poetry
novels about the colonial war
B) LINGUISTICS
My interests in philology have led me to explore the study of language from a diachronic perspective, whilst my many years of teaching experience have prompted me to address topics in synchronic linguistics
history of language
language teaching
analysis of interlinguistic errors
language contact
linguistic variation and change
the lexicon of the avant-garde
comic strategies
diminutives
Given my interests in the field of translation and the practical work associated with them, I have also produced various contributions in the field of translation theory.