What if Dante had a Facebook account? Or a Twitter feed? What would be the nature of his WhatsApp chats? All this and more, will be explored in an investigation of Dante’s ubiquitous online presence, both real and imagined.
Daragh O’Connell is a lecturer in the Department of Italian in UCC. Head of Research in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Director of CASiLaC (Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures). He researches across three distinct areas: Modern and Contemporary Sicilian Literary Culture; Neapolitan Autobiography in the Eighteenth-Century; The Poetics of Dante.
The XVIII edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World is dedicated to Italian language on the web. The IIC will organise two specific events on the topic and make available a variety of online resources dedicated to the Italian language and culture.
Event in English, booking recommended.
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