| e-mail: | l_sel(at)l.u-tokyo.ac.jp *Replace (at) with @. |
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| Tel: | 03-5841-3850 |
The Department of South European Languages and Literatures Studies will be renamed “The Department of Italian Language and Literature” in April 2025. The history of literature written in Italian, a language derived from Latin, is approaching 1,000 years. It is one of the oldest currents in European literature. Poetry being the dominant genre in Italian, its study is central to the study of Italian literature, although it is also necessary to explore the history of Italian prose. Although we are a small department, we are active in exchanges with researchers in Europe, including Italy, and the United States, and frequently hold special lectures and symposia.
Teaching staff
Hideyuki DOI (Associate Professor) Italian literature
| Research fields: | Modern and contemporary Italian avant-garde literature, Dialect literature, History of Italian–Japanese interactions |
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| Courses taught: | Lectures cover the history of Italian literature since the 19th century. Seminars involve close readings of original works of Baroque literature, early 20th-century avant-garde literature, and post-World War II novels. |
Lorenzo Amato (Associate Professor) Italian literature
| Research fields: | Renaissance literature, Bibliography |
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| Courses taught: | His seminars involve close readings of original texts in rhyme (after Dante), prose (after Boccaccio), or humanists from the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. As a native speaker, he also teaches courses on improving listening, speaking, and writing skills in Italian. |
Toru NAGANO (Assistant Professor) Italian literature
| Research fields: | Italian literature, Children's literature, Folktales |
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