Posted inArticles Issue 10 2020-21
About Beatrice Melodia Festa
Beatrice Melodia Festa is a PhD researcher, Honorary Research Fellow in American Literature, and Adjunct Professor of English at the University of Verona. Her research interests include identity theory, technology and the new media, African-American narratives, and the relationship between literature and culture. She holds a Master’s Degree and a Double Joint Master’s (MA) in American Studies from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and The City College of New York. Among her recent publications are essays on cyberfiction, American literature and the new media, and prison narratives. Her research now prominently focusses on American prison literature, William Faulkner, and virtual identity in contemporary American novels.