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Dennis Martinez

Title/s:  Lecturer

Office #:  Crown Center 108A

Phone: dmartinez2@luc.edu

Degrees

  • A.B.D. Indiana University, Bloomington (Romance Languages and Literatures)
  • M.A. Middlebury College (Italian)
  • B.A. University of Arizona (Psychology and Italian)

Research Interests

  • 20th Century Italian Prose
  • 20th Century Italian Poetry
  • 20th Century Italian theatre
  • 20th Century Latin American Literature
  • Italian Cinema
  • 18th Century Italian Theatre
  • Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature

Professional & Community Affiliations

  • Director of Italian Study Abroad, Louisiana State University 2005
  • Assistant to the Director, Scuola Italiana, Middlebury College 1998-2003

Courses Taught

  • Major Authors in Translation: Dante
  • European Masterpieces: Petrarca, Boccaccio and Machiavelli
  • Italian through Film and Literature
  • Contemporary Italian Writers: Pirandello, Scascia and Calvino
  • 19th and 20th Century Italian Writers