Francesca Paduano

Degrees/Institutions:

U.S. Education:    

• Advanced candidate to Ph.D. in Italian, UCLA, Winter 2002.

Italian Education:

• Doctorate (laurea) in Modern Literatures, University of Padua, 1998.
  Thesis: Freudian approach to Alfred Hitchcock's cinema.

Interests:

• I have developed an interest in the 17th-18th century Italian history and theater. This is why my current dissertation is about the greatest Italian comedy writer, Carlo Goldoni. My research is on the identity of women and men in the Venice of the time, with emphasis on love, courtship, marriage, family relationships, divorce and study of the "double" as projection of the woman's inner desires of that time in the society.
  At the moment I'm an Advanced candidate to Ph.D in Italian at UCLA. Although my passion is for 17th-18th century, my favorite masterpiece is the "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto.

Teaching Experience:

• 1998-Present:  Instructor of Italian: from beginner to advanced and conversation, UCLA and Istituto di cultura italiano; tutoring in Italian, English. Coaching actors in Italian on/out of set.
• 1996/97: Teacher of Italian, Berlitz School, Torrance.

Grants/Awards:

• 1996/97 winner EAP program scholarship

Papers/Conferences:

• 24th November 1998: Conference: I segni del corpo: Pontormo scrittore e pittore.  UCLA, Department of Italian.
• Ready to be published:  Malattia e cura del corpo nel Rinascimento (a proposito di alcune pagine del diario)