Biography
Francesca Borrione holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Studies at the University of Perugia, Italy where she completed a dottorato in Education and Humanities, specializing in educational films and lifelong learning strategies. Francesca is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English at URI, where she studies contemporary American literature, Italian American literature and films. She is the author of three monographs and four novels. Her latest novel La stagione arida di Minerva Jones (Les Flaneurs Edizioni) was published in 2017.
Research
Contemporary American Literature, Italian American Literature, Global Studies, Film Studies
Selected Publications
Essays
“La terrazza on the Circeo: Ettore Scola, Pasolini, and the Critique of the Roman Intelligentsia in Late-1970s Italy” in The Cinema of Ettore Scola, edited by Remi Lanzoni and Edward Bowen III. Wayne University Press, forthcoming 2018.
“Rocky Balboa in the Boxing Hall of Fame. When Fiction Becomes Reality”, in Celebrity Studies. 3(3), 2012. 340-342.
Creative works
La stagione arida di Minerva Jones. Bari: Les Flaneurs Edizioni, 2017.
Il richiamo delle onde. Brescia: Triskell Editore, 2015.
L’uomo che attraversò il tempo per me. Brescia: Triskell Editore, [2008] 2014.
L’amore è un rito. Brescia: Triskell Editore, 2013.
Selected publications (Italian)
Fotogrammi sul lavoro. Il racconto filmico per imparare a vivere. Rome: Aracne 2014.
Il cinema specchio della realtà. Modelli culturali a confronto. Rome: Aracne, 2013.
Il maccartismo e gli anni inquieti del cinema americano. Perugia: Morlacchi University Press, 2007.
Courses Taught
ENG 110: Intro to Literature
Social Media
Twitter: @fraborrione
Blog: https://misselse.blogspot.com