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My dissertation ("The Pazienza-function. Andrea Pazienza's influence on the Italian graphic novel"), focuses on the impact that comics auteur Andrea Pazienza (1956-1988) has had on many aspects of contemporary Italian culture. Foucault's identification of the role of the author …

This dissertation offers a narrative reading of Dante’s use of the poetic form of the tenzone. I frame Dante’s tenzoni within the history of the form’s use in the Italian vernacular tradition, beginning with Giacomo da Lentini and the scuola siciliana. The practice of writing te…