Event details

On Tuesday 13th May 2025, the Department of Language and Linguistic Science will host the first online talk in the Serate Italiane series ‘D'Annunzio e l'arte preraffaellita’ with a focus on Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and art as seen by Gabriele D’annunzio, presented by Prof. Eleonora Sasso (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti - Pescara, Italy).

Talk: ‘D'Annunzio e l'arte preraffaellita’

Questa presentazione illustra il debito artistico-letterario di D’annunzio nei confronti dell’orientalismo della confraternita preraffaellita. Beata Beatrix, Lady Lilith e Astarte Syriaca sono solo alcune delle doppie opere d’arte di stampo orientalista a firma di D.G. Rossetti che si proiettano in un raffinato blending concettuale nel macrotesto annunziano. D’Annunzio si conferma un innovatore in grado di adattare la tradizione letteraria preraffaellita alla cultura italiana, creando parabole artistiche inimitabili che alterano la nostra percezione della realtà.

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The event is part of ‘Serate italiane’ run by Cinzia Bacilieri (Dept. Language and Linguistic Science), a series of talks on Italian culture, language and society at the University of York, UK. 

General admission: Free, live on Zoom

The talk and following Q&A session will be entirely in Italian. The event is aimed at those who are currently studying Italian (BA in Italian, YLE/ LfA Elementary to advanced levels), or people who want to practise their Italian language skills.

Zoom link: Click here to join the Zoom Meeting on the event day