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BIO

Paolo Pucci grew up in Florence, Italy. He received his B.A. in German literature from the University of Florence (1997) and his Ph.D. in Italian from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2005).

Professor Pucci has published on courtesans in 16th century Italy, both as victims of derogatory literary attacks and authors of poetry and letters. His interest on minorities has brought him to investigate and publish on the depiction of homosexuals in the early-modern novella as well. His most recent research deals with good and bad Muslims in Matteo Bandello's novellas.

Languages spoken:
Italian (native)
English (near-native)
German (near-native)
Latin (excellent reading knowledge)
French (reading knowledge)

Courses

• ITAL 1100: Elementary I
• ITAL 1200: Elementary II
• ITAL 2100: Intermediate I
• ITAL 2200: Intermediate II
• ITAL 3530: Masters of the Italian Renaissance
• ITAL 2990: Intermediate Special Topics: Minorities in Italian Culture
• ITAL 2990: Intermediate Special Topics: Novella
• ITAL 2990: Intermediate Special Topics: Renaissance Cities: Literature and Art
• ITAL 2990: Intermediate Special Topics: Sex, Lies, and Love
• ITAL 3520: Early Italian Literature in Context
• WLIT 1450: Italian Literature in Translation: Diversity in Renaissance Italy
• WLIT 2450: Italian Literature in Translation: The Italian Family in Literature

Publications

Publications (DOCX)

Awards and Achievements

• 2000 Joseph E. Laggini Memorial Fellowship
• 1997 Laurea summa cum laude, University of Florence, Italy
• 1991 European Community Erasmus Scholarship

Area(s) of expertise

The Italian novella tradition in the 15th and 16th centuries; family relations in the Italian prose of the 20th century